83SketchingNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8453 State: 2/6 |  |
| 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-10515 |
| Paper size: | 171 x 273 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 121 x 165 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | considerable over the reeds and ground of the foreground; some on the seated artist; small dark marks at left and lower left near the plate edges |
| Print note: | drypoint lines in the sky and water are distinct, the burr prints distinctly on many of them, particularly at the upper left and left middle-ground |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | |
| 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: | erased on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'K.86 II Sketching' on recto by Harold Wright and '- oxx -' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0860205 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.