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Salute Dawn

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1942.15.32
State: 3/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Given by Mr and Mrs J. Watson Webb to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, memory of Mr and Mrs H. O. Havemeyer, 1942.  
Additional acq. no:B-2468  

 

Paper size:136 x 203 mm  
Plate mark size:127 x 203 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with blotchy, 'watery' tone along the bottom of the plate and light tone at left; some white patches in the tone at lower left (from dust in the ink or on the plate?)  
Note on foul biting:several patches on the lower part of the plate and a few tiny spots on the sky at upper right  
Print note:The ink tone looks warm black, almost brown.  

 

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:'Whistler' (upside down and underlined with a slightly oblique line) at lower left on the verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 40 to 60 mm from left; butterfly of 1881  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2150303  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.