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The Bucking Horse, Wild West

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 315
State: 2/3

Collection credit:Pennell Fund  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance:Purchased with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:82 x 183 mm  
Plate mark size:82 x 183 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 [and drypoint]  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:residual  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks  
Print note:warm black ink; possibly a few touches of drypoint  

 

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 134 to 144 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:'Bucking Horse' at lower left verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3150110  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.