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Little Salute

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 220
State: 3/3

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1938  
Image credit:  
Provenance:W. H. Bustin jr. Bought with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:82 x 211 mm  
Plate mark size:82 x 211 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:delicate vertical wiping  
Note on foul biting:scraping/burnishing marks at upper left and upper right and fainter ones at lower left and lower right, which are covered by tone  
Print note:burnishing in the water and at the top left and right corners visible  

 

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:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of 1885/1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:ex coll W.H. Bustin according to LC catalogue card  
Collector's mark:'W. H. Bustin' at lower centre verso; 'ERJP' in circle (E. R. & J. Pennell, Lugt suppl. 874a)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:Kennedy number, state and title in various hands on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2200207  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.