340The Church - Brussels (Adoration)Library of CongressAccession no: ? State: 4/4 |
Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1952 |
Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
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: | 127 x 177 mm |
Plate mark size: | 127 x 177 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | tan |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
Note on the paper: | the paper colour is cream discoloured to tan; 'japan tssue' |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | Pen and ink additions to shading over and within left chapel and on large pier at centre--mostly parallel vertical lines; a few short verticals within right chapel |
Print tone: | no |
Note on foul biting: | considerable, especially heavy over figures in front of left chapel |
Print note: | Illustrated by Kennedy as the third state, but some of the work he describes is in pen and ink |
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 28 to 38 mm; height 5 mm |
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' (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a) |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K3560302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.