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The Smithy

Private collection
Accession no: -
State: 2/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo Whistler Etchings Project / E. G. Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler (1910)  
Provenance:Bought by H. Wunderlich & Co., NY, (stock no. a15164) at Thibaudeau sale, Sotheby's, 1888, lot 98, for £4.10.0; Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; probably sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Purchased by the current owner from William Doyle Galleries, New York, 1978.  

 

Paper size:175 x 227 mm  
Plate mark size:175 x 227 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale tone at top of image  
Note on foul biting:as usual  
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 at lower left, within image  
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:note that the tab visible at upper left in the Kennedy image is on the impression pictured above this one  
Collector's mark:'HM' (Howard Mansfield, Lugt 1242); 'HW' (Harris Whittemore, Lugt 1384a);  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 15164' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project, owner's records  
ID:K2400201  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.