86The ForgeNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8444 State: 4/6 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London (according to Wright inscription). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10506 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | selectively wiped; the forge and fine side of figures wiped clean |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1861.' ( 't' not crossed) |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | no |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'C22736 / exx -' at lower centre on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '[illegible] tw73' at lower right on the recto; '(From the H. S. Theobald Colln) K.68iii' at lower left on the recto by Harold Wright |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0680316 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
