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The Miser

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8445
State: 4/7

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:James Anderson Rose (1819-1890), London (museum records); S. H. Nazeby Harrington (b. 1862), Birkenhead; Henry Harper Benedict (b. 1844); sold ca 1919. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10507  

 

Paper size:244 x 330 mm  
Plate mark size:117 x 159 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:tan  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove tissue  
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:very pale even tone, some flecking on the wall  
Note on foul biting:marks along the edges at left and right  
Print note:strong burr  

 

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:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HNH' on recto (H.N. Harrington, Lugt 1349); and stamps on verso, 'AR' (unidentified), ''HHB' stamp (H. H. Benedict, Lugt 2936),  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0690402  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.