44Whistler with a hatNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1949.5.530 State: 2/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 9048). Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by W. V. Kellen, 1910. Given by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia, to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-15837 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | backed with white Asian(?) wove paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | shell / 'LDFVT' |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of tone over the background shading |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | this is the impression reproduced by Kennedy for state one; it must have been mounted or was photographed to replicate a signature tab at that time |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1859.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly imp. at lower left on the recto |
| 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: | no |
| Collector's mark: | 'B.M.' stamp (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 9048' at lower right on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0540104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.