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Pickle Herring Wharf

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8501
State: 4/8

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-10564  

 

Paper size:314 x 202 mm  
Plate mark size:161 x 227 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:the sheet was removed from a book; discolouration along 3 sheet edges  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Arms of Amsterdam  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale overall tone  
Note on foul biting:patches of foulbiting, particularly near plate corners  
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: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 Julius Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'C 7484' crossed out, at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1670303  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.