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Sketch after Cecil Lawson's "Swan and Iris"

Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Accession no: 1956.24.167

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 43602). Given by Miss Susan Dwight Bliss (1882-1966), New York, to Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 29 December 1956.  

 

Paper size:170 x 116 mm  
Plate mark size:134 x 82 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:moderate tone lower left quad and above horizon  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:soft impression  

 

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:Rectangular BCMA stamp in black ink on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 43602' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2410211  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.