242Regent's QuadrantNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8564 State: 6/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Wunderlich & Co., New York. Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10628 |
| Paper size: | 168 x 120 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 163 x 120 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| 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 light tone over the bottom of the plate |
| Note on foul biting: | heavy pitting at the top of the arcade and many lighter flecks at centre; several slightly curved scratches around the butterfly, including a long, curved horizontal extending through the top of the butterfly |
| Print note: | A pale impression, thinly inked. |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 32 to 46 mm from left, butterfly of 1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HHB' stamp (H.H. Benedict, Lugt 2936); 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'c.6528' at lower left on verso and '9457' at upper right on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '4' at lower right on the verso (possibly by Whistler); 'K.239 II-III (the roman numerals superscript) / Regent's Quadrant' on the verso by Harold Wright |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2390304 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.