358Clothes-Exchange, Houndsditch, No. 1National Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8590 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 65796). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10654 |
| Paper size: | 162 x 241 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 159 x 241 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | The paper colour is almost light grey |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | 'DHK' countermark (Chicago watermark 108) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale tone at centre and upper right; heavier tone at left and bottom; some picking at bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks; a right-left diagonal scratch at upper right and a vertical scratch near the right plate edge |
| Print note: | Only a few drypoint lines, in the shading under the shed |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly and a faint second butterfly to the upper left of it |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | signboard above packing station: 'PHILP & Co. / PACKER' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly at lower right on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st State - / Clothes Exchange' at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 42 to 55 mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 65796' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Old Clothes Exchange, Houndsditch / with annotation by Whistler' at lower left on the verso; 'Old Clothes Exchange 1st state' (the st superscript) at lower centre on the verso; 'L / c / u' (the L reversed) erased along with an illegible price, at lower centre on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2870102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.