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The Little Nurse, Grays Inn

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 302
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1947  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Bought 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:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone at bottom, with distinct horizontal and diagonal wiping marks  
Note on foul biting:a few scattered flecks  
Print note:  

 

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:at 19 to 28 mm; h 3 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'52755' at lower centre verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3020108  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.