173GreenhitheLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 165 State: 4/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1949 |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Purchased with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | 210 x 320 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 148 x 225 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | 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 |
| 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' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | ' "Greenhithe" ' at lower centre recto and 'x 5.', in ink at lower right on the recto, possibly by Whistler |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly of 1878/1879; mh: ink inscription on verso poss by JMW but it is very scratchy and not clearly legible |
| Collector's mark: | 'HM' stamp (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342) on verso; 'HW' (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '1283H' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Greenhithe' at lower centre recto (by JMW?); '4h.4/' (the 'h' superscript and the '.' below it), not clearly legible, on recto; 'a [overwritten with] 7." X 2.' in ink at lower right verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1650403 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.