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Battersea Morn

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8489
State: 1/5

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 34603). Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10552  

 

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:Arms of Amsterdam  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:traces of tone at left and over the sky and horizon; the plumes of smoke at right wiped clean  
Note on foul biting:  
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:butterfly 'imp.' in graphite a lower left on the recto  
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:'HHB' stamp (H.H. Benedict, Lugt 1298); 'LJR' (Lessing J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 34603 (underlined) / asx-' at lower left on verso; 'c.6527' at lower right on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Very rare' at lower centre on the recto; 'W125 1st' at lower left on the verso; 'K.155 I Battersea Dawn' at lower centre right by Harold Wright  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1550106  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.