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La Marchande de Moutarde

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8409
State: 1/5

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow, probably before 1902. Albert W. Scholle (d. 1910), New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B 10471  

 

Paper size:222 x 178 mm  
Plate mark size:155 x 89 mm  
Note on size: rough edges at left and bottom  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:Textured down the left side, untidy texture at the bottom.  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly under platemark  
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:stamps on verso: 'B.M.' (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394); pentagon stamp (A.B. Scholle, Lugt 2923a); 'LJR' (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b-c)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'without printer's name & address Not mentioned in callum [?] Catalogue' on recto; 'No 1' on recto; 'a w s' on verso; 'Sla' (?)' in pen in centre of verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0220102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.