67Annie HadenNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8440 State: 4/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bought on 13 February 1928 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10502 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | The paper colour is ivory discoloured to buff; this is the same paper used for many etchings in the first Venice Set |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale tone on the curtain and carpet at the left |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | a pale, worn impression; likely printed after 1880 |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1860.' ('6' reversed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 48 to 65mm from left; height 6mm; butterfly of 1886/1890s |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | no |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'K6378' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0620308 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.