71Penny Passengers, LimehouseNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8443 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow, probably before 1902. H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 37246). Knoedler & Co., New York (stock no. MK 32555). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10505 |
| Paper size: | 80 x 201 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 80 x 201 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | the sheet was removed from a book; with old brown ink [Latin?] inscription on the verso |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale tone, a little more at the left. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | butterfly of 1887; tab 53-97 from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'B.M.' (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394)) and 'LJR' (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b-c) stamps on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 37246' and 'MK32555' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | illegible old pen writing on verso, bottom right corner, cut off at the edge: 'paL quoy f 1 o / moral pro porte …' (?) |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0670204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.