207Salute DawnLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 215 State: 4/4 |
Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1938 |
Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
Provenance: | Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
Paper size: | 145 x 220 mm |
Plate mark size: | 126 x 203 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | off white |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | the sheet was removed from a book, with sewing holes along lower sheet edge |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | lavishly wiped first vertically and then horizontally, darker at top and bottom, creating a rich glow |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: | Kennedy's 3rd and 4th states are the same |
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: | 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: | 'ERJP' in circle (E. R. & J.Pennell, Lugt suppl. 874a) |
Dealers' stock nos: | '938321' at lower left verso; '82740' at lower centre verso |
Misc inscriptions by others: | butterfly 'imp'at lower right recto near platemark ( not by Whistler); 'W185' at lower centre verso |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K2150415 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.