9Seymour Haden, Jr, SeatedLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 29 State: 1/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | Philippe Burty (1830-1890), Paris; sold at auction, Sotheby, London, 30 April 1876 (lot 745), bought by Hogarth, £2.0.0. Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Pennell Fund. |
| Paper size: | 204 x 154 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 135 x 97 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: | 'Auvergne' [according to catalogue card] |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | inky plate mark; light, irregular tone at bottom; fingerprint at lower left corner |
| Note on foul biting: | at the edges,at top right and bottom left |
| Print note: | Extensive burnishing; clear scraper/burnisher marks at the upper right. |
| 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: | 'PB' red stamp (P. Burty, Lugt 413); 'ERJP' in circle (E. R. & J.Pennell, Lugt suppl. 874a) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '8192' in an oval at lower left on the recto; 'A little boy (R.T. 16) first state, undescribed before / the work in the background on each side' and '[illegible initial] Thomas' at lower centre on the verso; 'Cug' (?) in script at lower left on the recto. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0290106 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.