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Cameo, No. 1 (Mother and Child)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8620
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 55624?). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10684  

 

Paper size:180 x 126 mm  
Plate mark size:177 x 126 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian wove  
Note on the paper:fibrous  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:traces of tone at the bottom  
Note on foul biting:many scattered flecks  
Print note:  

 

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:butterfly at lower left on the verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'3rd Proof' at lower left on the verso,, hinge pasted over first part of inscription.  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 28 to 39 mm from left, butterfly of 1888/1890s  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 55624' (?) at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Ehx' at lower left on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3470107  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.