236TurkeysNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8531 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bought on 14 January 1928 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10595 |
| Paper size: | 219 x 133 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 210 x 133 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | tiny blue fibrous inclusions |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with light overall tone, slightly darker at upper right; parallel bands of picking on the lower half of the impression as usual with pronounced vertical scratches on the upper part of the plate |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | the addition of drypoint shading on the woman's torso and bundle, on the base of the wall behind the middle-ground turkey's implies the existence of an earlier state in pure etching |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 26 to 46mm from left; butterfly of ca 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | medium shaded butterfly |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Turkeys' at lower centre on the verso; 'K.199i' by Harold Wright at lower centre; '(DD856) 1000' at lower right, both on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1990108 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.