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86

The Forge

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession 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.