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Clothes-Exchange, Houndsditch, No. 1

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8591
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10655  

 

Paper size:162 x 240 mm  
Plate mark size:159 x 240 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'Antique' laid; the paper colour is almost light grey  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:PRO PATRIA  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light, even overall tone, slightly heavier along the top and side edges  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks; a vertical scratch near the right plate edge  
Print note:warm black ink  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly and a faint second butterfly to the upper left of it  
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:tab 49 to 59 mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K287 II' (the II superscript) (by Harold Wright?); 'Old Clothers Exhange Chelsea rare 6 / 6', both at lower right on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2880204  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.