183Fitzroy SquareNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8658 State: 2/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Sir Frank Short (1857-1945). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10722 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light, even overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks; foul biting along the plate mark at top and right |
| Print note: | See state description |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'J. Mc. N. Whistler, delt.' (the c and t in delt both superscript) at lower left |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'FS' (in script) in graphite, presumably by Sir Frank Short; 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | titled, apparently in Frank Short's hand |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | KAp30107 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.