141The Little Forge, LiverpoolNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8480 State: 9/16 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10543 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | the sheet was removed from a book, with an old [Dutch?] inscription in brown ink in the vreso and sewing holes along the right sheet edge |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | IV countermark |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with tone over the ceiling, walls and seated figure |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered pits and scratches, particularly at lower right |
| Print note: | warm black ink |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' (Lessing J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'c.12822' at lower right on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'und Va-VI / K.147 The Little Forge' at lower left on the recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K14705a3 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.