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Salvation Army, Sandwich

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 305
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1952  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:79 x 176 mm  
Plate mark size:79 x 176 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:The sheet appears to have been removed from a book, with off-setting from ink inscription on another page, on verso  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Pale overall, slightly heavier at left and bottom; with distinct diagonal and horizontal wiping marks  
Note on foul biting:soft flecks and dots  
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:'Salvation Army. Sandwich' at lower right verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HM' stamp and 'HM' in graphite (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342) and 'HW' stamp (H.G.Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a). DLC  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3050107  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.