28Auguste Delâtre, PrinterNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1949.5.524 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| 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. Given by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia, to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-15831 |
| Paper size: | 110 x 84 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 81 x 55 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone, more at bottom left. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A good impression with some burr. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'J. Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Homage / à Mme Delatre' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly below platemark; butterfly on verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Portrait of Delatre / the printer / Rare -' on verso. |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The butterflies date from the 1890s. |
| Collector's mark: | 'HM' (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342); 'HW' (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a) both stamps on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '27817' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0260104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.