82The PuntLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 85 State: 1/6 |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1949 |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. 37253. John Caldwell (1882-1907), Pittsburgh, PA. Harris G. Whittemore, Naugatuck, CT (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT. Bought with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | 206 x 266 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 118 x 164 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove plate paper |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | Considerable graphite pencil shading added to the sky and to the braces and left side of the punt |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | flecks and patches on lower half of the plate |
| Print note: | Touched proof; a slipped impression |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler / 1861.' |
| 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: | no |
| Collector's mark: | 'HW' (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a); 'J. C' (in script) at lower centre on verso (John Caldwell, Pittsburgh, PA, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 37253' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0850204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.