119The Little Velvet DressLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 106 State: 2/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1949 |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Bought from the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 14 March 1949. |
| Additional acq. no: | 490012-3 Pennell Fund. B.96.810.111 |
| Paper size: | 215 x 153 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 163 x 120 mm |
| Note on size: | uneven edges at top and bottom |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | foolscap |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone, carefully wiped, with more at the bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | flecks |
| Print note: | A good impression with burr printed in warm black ink, this is the impression of the first state reproduced by Kennedy (note that the reproduction is too light); remnants of earlier subjects (head at upper right and outline of houses, upside down, are seen at lower left) |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly 'imp.' in pencil below platemark at lower left |
| 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: | pencil butterfly of 1889/1890s |
| Collector's mark: | 'HM' stamp (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342); 'HW' stamp (H. G.Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W92' at lower right on the recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1060001 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.