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Booth at a Fair

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 249
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1949  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT. Purchased with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:131 x 96 mm  
Plate mark size:131 x 96 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone, more at the bottom, carefully wiped; curving horixontal and diagonal wiping marks; picking lower right  
Note on foul biting:a few scattered flecks  
Print note:[not the impression illustrated by Kennedy]  

 

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:pencil butterfly of 1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HW' stamp on verso (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a).  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:title at lower left verso; '174' at lower centre verso; 'ox-' at lower right verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2490106  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.