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Salute Dawn

Library of Congress
Accession 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.