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The Music Room

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8418

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Knoedler & Co., New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10480  

 

Paper size:241 x 330 mm  
Plate mark size:146 x 216 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Printed with considerable plate tone, the lamp and central portion of image beneath it wiped clean.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
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:'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b-c)  
Dealers' stock nos:'K.16001' (or 'K' maybe 'IC' or 'MK') recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K.33 II Music Room' on recto by Harold Wright  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0330209  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.