205Murano - Glass FurnaceLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 217 State: 1/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1952 |
| 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: | 179 x 235 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 159 x 232 mm |
| Note on size: | rough, uneven edge at the top, trimmed close to platmark at left |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | the sheet was removed from a book, with sewing holes along left sheet edge |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | [etching] and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | horizontally wiped tone; stray ink mark at lower left |
| Note on foul biting: | some dots; scratches or tool mark at upper centre |
| Print note: | light reddish brown ink |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HM' stamp (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342), 'HW' (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '8' (encircled) on verso; 'K214' (crossed out); K217' and '218?' at lower centre verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2170103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.