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Chelsea

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8515
State: 5/5

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Published by the Print Sellers' Association. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10579  

 

Paper size:205 x 302 mm  
Plate mark size:134 x 209 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; with red-orange ruled lines in the upper and lower margins and traces of sewing holes in the lower margin  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:Scattered flecks on sky and near the large barge in the middle ground, heavier at the centre and darker foul biting on water at the centre  
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:stamp of the Printsellers' Association with 'GO' at centre (Lugt 2050)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Fulham II' lower right on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1820209  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.