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Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 133
State: 1/5

Collection credit:  
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. Purchased with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:330 x 210 mm  
Plate mark size:214 x 138 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:the sheet was removed from a book; with old Latin inscription on verso  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:PRO PATRIA  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Pale, relatively even tone; inky platemark.  
Note on foul biting:at edges  
Print note:A soft impression, soft lines with burr.  

 

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:'HM' (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1324) and 'HW' ( H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a).  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'1st State' at lower centre recto; '88' at lower left verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1330102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.