321The Cock and the PumpNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8603 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Knoedler & Co., New York ('MK 30678'). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10667 |
| Paper size: | 223 x 141 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 220 x 141 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | The sheet was removed from a book; with soiled upper edge on the verso, and right edge on recto |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | some light tone near the edges |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks, heavier over the figures at centre and lower left; picking at lower left corner |
| Print note: | Fine lines near the roofline at upper right and to the lower right of the group of children look like drypoint but seem unrelated to the image; perhaps they are partly scraped out earlier work? |
| 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 44 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: | 'MK 30678' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3040105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.