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The Long Seats, Gray's Inn

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8599
State: 1/1

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-10663  

 

Paper size:83 x 177 mm  
Plate mark size:80 x 177 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:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone, slightly heavier at left and right  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks on the group of figures at lower right  
Print note:a lot less emphatic than the Kennedy reproduction  

 

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:'Long Seats - Grays Inn' (sic) at lower right on the verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 35 to 45 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:Wedmore number at lower left on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2990105  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.