163Fishing Boats, HastingsNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8491 State: 3/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Royal Collection, Windsor. 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-10554 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale residual tone; printed with retroussage |
| Note on foul biting: | patches of tiny droplets at upper left |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Hastings -' |
| 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: | 'HHB' stamp (H.H. Benedict, Lugt 2936); 'LJR' (Lessing J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b); crown symbol, pencil (possibly denoting Royal collection, Lugt 2921h) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W.131' at lower right on the recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1580206 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.