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Seymour Haden, Jr, Seated

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8417
State: 2/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:G. M. La Monte (1873-1927); Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10479  

 

Paper size:256 x 200 mm  
Plate mark size:135 x 96 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:yes  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:grey overall tone  
Note on foul biting:towards the edges  
Print note:a strong impression, with a lot of vertical burnishing visible.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'J Whistler' ('istler' is obscured)  
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:'GML' (G. M. La Monte, Lugt 1181c); 'LJR' (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b-c)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'before the name' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0290105  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.