384Bird Shop - Seven DialsLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 281 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1949 |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC |
| Paper size: | 134 x 97 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 134 x 97 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching [and drypoint] |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | selectively wiped, heavier on lower two-thirds of plate |
| Note on foul biting: | a few scattered flecks |
| Print note: | There may be fine left-right diagonals along the ceiling under passageway; this is the impression illustrated by Kennedy |
| 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 16' at lower right fverso (by JMW?) |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | at 65 to 72 mm; h 2 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HW' (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a); 'HM' stamp and 'HM' (upside down) in graphite (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342), all stamps on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '1st impression' at lower centre verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2810109 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.