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439

Black Eagle

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 312
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Source unknown  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance:Sold by Whistler on 6 April 1891 to H. Wunderlich and Co., New York; Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Acquired by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:63 x 43 mm  
Plate mark size:63 x 43 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  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Residual  
Note on foul biting:Patch at lower left corner and granular patches across image  
Print note: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  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:at 7 to 15 mm; h 2 mm, Pencil butterfly dating from 1887.  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HM' stamp and 'HM' in graphite (Howard Mansfield, Lugt 1324); 'HW' stamp (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 19707' at lower left verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3120103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.