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Tatting

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8468
State: 1/1

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-10531  

 

Paper size:233 x 170 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 74 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone, more at the bottom  
Note on foul biting:at bottom right, on her lap, at her hand and right side  
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:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'LJR' stamp on verso (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b-c)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'2' on recto at bottom left of platemark; 'Whistler' and butterfly similar to 1878/1879 butterfly, but not by Whistler.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1120105  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.