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Children, Portsmouth

Yale Center for British Art
Accession no: B2002.8.7
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert N. Whittemore, Yale Class of 1943.  
Image credit:Photo © Yale Center for British Art  
Provenance:Clarence Buckingham; given to Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York, 13 December 1906; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919; family descent; given by Robert N. Whittemore (Yale Class of 1943) to the Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2002.  

 

Paper size:70 x 99 mm  
Plate mark size:66 x 99 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:darkened to buff  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light even tone  
Note on foul biting:some dots  
Print note:very dark brown ink  

 

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:pencil butterfly of 1887, tab 11-20 mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HM' stamp on verso of tab (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342); 'HW' stamp on verso (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'182' (?) on verso, and inscription 'Presented to Howard Mansfield by his friend Clarence Buckingham / Dec. 13. 1906.'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3230105  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.