127Sleeping GirlHerbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, IthacaAccession no: 57.238 State: 2/4 |
Collection credit: | Bequest of William P. Chapman, Jr., Class of 1895. |
Image credit: | Photo © Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca |
Provenance: | Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. William P. Chapman, Jr; bequeathed to Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1957. |
Paper size: | 191 x 312 mm |
Plate mark size: | 136 x 214 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | 'antique' |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | Arms of Amsterdam |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | very light even tone |
Note on foul biting: | at edge bottom and left |
Print note: | soft, fresh burr |
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: | no |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '5.' and 'w3' on recto possibly by Whistler |
Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
Note on the tab: |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | 'hhb' stamp (H.H.Benedict, Lugt 2936); 'wpc jr' in graphite pencil on recto |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K1250204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.