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Greenwich Pensioner

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8419
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10481  

 

Paper size:190 x 260 mm  
Plate mark size:98 x 133 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:  
Note on foul biting:scattered, heavier at plate corners (including fingerprints)  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Greenwich 1859'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'to Traer from Whistler' on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:numbers formerly on recto (now erased)  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K34 II Greenwich Pensioner' on recto by Harold Wright  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0340205  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.