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Sleeping Girl

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca
Accession 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.