145The Boy (Charlie Hanson)National Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8473 State: 7/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Colnaghi's, London (stock nos. C 6858, 9766). H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. A 65708). Theodore de Witt. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10536 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | The sheet was removed from a book; with an old brown ink [Latin] inscription on the verso |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Arms of Amsterdam |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | Brush and ink additions to the nose, mouth, arm, hip, legs and foot |
| Print tone: | with overall tone, darkest behind the figure |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | This is the seventh state impression reproduced by Kennedy (which must have been matted or masked at the time it was photographed to imply a tab); warm black ink. |
| 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' at lower right on the recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'The Boy-' at lower right on the recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Note the names in the inscriptions, possibly identifying the sitter? |
| Collector's mark: | 'B.M.' stamp (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394); 'Theo. De Witt' (underlined) in graphite- Theodore de Witt (Lugt 2428); 'LJR' (Lessing J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 65708', at lower left on verso; '3560' encircled, at lower right on recto; 'c9766' crossed out; 'c6858' underlined and crossed out |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '109' and '123' in blue pencil at lower left on the recto; ' "Little Abbot" at lower centre on the recto; 'Mr Aryres' (sp?) at lower left on the verso; '96' (partly encircled) at lower right on the verso; '£4.4.0' at lower centre on the recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1350703 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.