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The Cock and the Pump

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 304
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1952  
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:220 x 142 mm  
Plate mark size:220 x 142 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:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone along edges and at corners, slightly mottled at lower right  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks; two long vertical scratches near edge at upper left  
Print note:This is the impression illustrated in 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  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HM' stamp (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342) and 'HW' stamp (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a).  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'1st Impression' at lower centre verso; 'No 2' at lower right verso (by JMW?)  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3040108  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.