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La RĂ©tameuse

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 14
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1937  
Image credit:  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 40252). Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:375 x 275 mm  
Plate mark size:112 x 90 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:yellow on off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine on wove plate paper  
Note on the paper:chine collĂ©  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:faint evidence of scraping at upper left  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. 171.'  
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:'HHB' stamp (H. H. Benedict, Lugt 2936); 'HHB' in graphite; Pennell Fund  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 40252' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'9' in circle at lower right on the recto; '7' at lower right on the recto; title at lower centre on the recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0140223  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.