147The Scotch WidowNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1949.5.543 State: 1/1 | ![]() |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
Provenance: | Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York, by 1910; probably sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Given by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia, to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949. |
Additional acq. no: | B-15850 |
Paper size: | |
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Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | Beehive / 'DEDB' with elaborate foliage |
Medium: | drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | with light tone at upper left and pale tone elsewhere |
Note on foul biting: | several scratches |
Print note: |
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: | 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 1342); 'HW' stamp (H.G.Whittemore, Lugt 1384a) |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K1420102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.