156Steamboats off the TowerNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8482 State: 2/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock nos. a 38970, 59640). Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by H. B. Livingston, 1910. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10548 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Beehive / DEDB with elaborate foliagge |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light tone over the boats on the horizon and pale tone elsewhere; a tiny plume of smoke to right of the ships is carefully wiped clean |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered pits and tiny scdratches; evidence of burnishing along the left and right plate edges |
| Print note: | This is the impression of the seond state reproduced by Kennedy (masked to give the effect of a signature tab) |
| 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: | Kennedy illustrated this impression with the, apparently, false signature |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' (Lessing J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 59640' and 'a 38970' (crossed out) at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '20' (circled) at lower left on the verso; title and Wedmore number at lower right on the verso, all; [butterfly 'imp.' in an unknown hand; 'K149 II of 3' at lower centre on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1490203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.