133The Dam WoodNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8477 State: 2/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10540 |
| Paper size: | 255 x 186 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 174 x 110 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone, more at bottom and right |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | There are a lot of dotted lines: a line of dashes halfway up the right, which looks as if the needle has been tripping over the surface, is blurred upwards, as are lines to the lower left of the trees and lines at the bottom. It looks as if in inking the ink was pulled up at right, and down at the bottom. |
| 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: | 'LJR' stamp on verso (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b-c) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'c 762 / 122 - / 1' on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | ten lines of old writing in greek and latin on verso; '5' encircled, '12' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1450103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.