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Little Smithfield

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8494
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Royal Library, Windsor. H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 41978). Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10557  

 

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 sewing holes at the left edge and an old [Latin} inscription in brown ink on the verso  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Bell (?)  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Even overall tone; printed with retroussage  
Note on foul biting:Many scattered flecks at upper right  
Print note:This appears to conform to Kennedy's illustration (i.e. it is the same state), but that reproduction is poor and barely shows the finest lines  

 

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:butterfly in graphite at lower right on the recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'5.' at lower right on the recto , possibly by Whistler  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:crown symbol, pencil (possibly denoting Royal collection, Windsor, Lugt 2921h); 'HHB' stamp (H.H. Benedict, Lugt 2936); 'LJR' (Lessing J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 41978' and '53741' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1600103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.