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En Plein Soleil

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1949.5.522
State: 3/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York. Given by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia, to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949.  
Additional acq. no:B-15829  

 

Paper size:197 x 248 mm  
Plate mark size:102 x 133 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:Particularly at lower left, lighter to right of that patch  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'; and a faint 'Whistler' with 's' reversed in upper left corner  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. ['J' reversed] 171.'  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HM' (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342) stamp in blue on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'252' in ink on recto (probably on the original sheet); '18' and '4' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0150213  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.