20La Marchande de MoutardeNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8410 State: 2/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Royal Collection, Windsor; sold to Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1906; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. 41949, valued at £8.8.0), 1906; sold to unidentified collectoin 1906, and later bought by r for $100. Theodore de Witt, New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10472 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Note on size: | the support sheet has been trimmed |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory on white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine on plate paper |
| Note on the paper: | chine applique |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of tone near the plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | as usual |
| Print note: | Stunningly beautiful impression. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. 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: | 'VR' crowned, oval stamp (Royal Library, Windsor, Lugt 2535); 'LJR' (Lessing J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 41949' (crossed out) at lower left on verso; 'a 65745' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W16 / 1st St' at lower right on the recto; '70' (partly encircled) at lower right on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0220312 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.