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The Little Mast

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1942.15.3
State: 4/8

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Given by Mr and Mrs J. Watson Webb to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, memory of Mr and Mrs H. O. Havemeyer, 1942.  
Additional acq. no:B-2439  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:hunting horn in shield  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with light tone along the left side and over the pavement in the foreground  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks, more prominent over and around the figure group at lower centre right; patches of foul biting along the bottom plate edge  
Print note:warm black ink; see state note below  

 

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:'Whistler' (upside down) at lower left on the verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Ep' or 'Ex' (upside down) at lower right on the verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 47 to 66mm from left, height 9mm; butterfly of 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:Whistler's inscription could be 'Ep' for 'Epreuve' or 'Ex' for Exhibition.  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1850205  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.