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Greenhithe

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 165
State: 4/4

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1949  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance:Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Purchased with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:210 x 320 mm  
Plate mark size:148 x 225 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly 'imp'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:' "Greenhithe" ' at lower centre recto and 'x 5.', in ink 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:pencil butterfly of 1878/1879; mh: ink inscription on verso poss by JMW but it is very scratchy and not clearly legible  
Collector's mark:'HM' stamp (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342) on verso; 'HW' (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a)  
Dealers' stock nos:'1283H' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Greenhithe' at lower centre recto (by JMW?); '4h.4/' (the 'h' superscript and the '.' below it), not clearly legible, on recto; 'a [overwritten with] 7." X 2.' in ink at lower right verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1650403  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.