73Portrait of a manNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8441 State: 2/2 | ![]() |
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-10503 |
Paper size: | 291 x 198 mm |
Plate mark size: | 230 x 152 mm |
Note on size: | uneven cut edge at the bottom |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | pale buff |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | thin |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | yes |
Medium: | drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | very slight tone at the edge |
Note on foul biting: | only at the bottom right edge above the corner |
Print note: | strong burr |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1860.' |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
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: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K0630102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.