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The Dutchman Holding A Glass

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 4
State: 1/2

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1949  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance:Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891), London; probably sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 March 1892 (lot 45), bought by Soames, £4.4.0. Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York, 1910; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919; Whittemore sale. Bought on 1 March 1949 by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  
Additional acq. no:8.95.810.165  

 

Paper size:157 x 123 mm  
Plate mark size:82 x 56 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory on off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine on wove plate paper  
Note on the paper:this appears to be chine colle, but it is not a certainty  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:a few minor spots  
Print note:A good impression with a slight glow from the chine. This is the impression illustrated by Kennedy.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'J. W.'  
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:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'JHH' blind stamp (J. H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921); 'HM' stamp on verso (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342); 'HW' (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a).  
Dealers' stock nos:'9514' on recto; '490003' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'d998H11 / 2F49' (?) on verso (LC numbers?)  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0040102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.