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The Little Cloak

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8617
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-10681  

 

Paper size:85 x 52 mm  
Plate mark size:82 x 52 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:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale tone at top, slightly heavier at centre and bottom; with left-right diagonal and horizontal wiping marks  
Note on foul biting:many small pits over and to upper right of the figure; dark patches of foul biting at the upper right corner and at lower centre; a vise mark at lower right corner  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
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 31 to 41 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:'76' at lower right on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3360103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.