78MillbankNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1949.5.534 State: 2/5 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910). Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York. Given by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia, to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-15841 |
| Paper size: | 188 x 251 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 101 x 125 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | slight flecking on the paper from rags and fibres |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light overall tone, more in the sky and at left; |
| Note on foul biting: | only at the bottom right corner |
| Print note: | A good impression, rich drypoint |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | see Inscription |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '[D]ELIGHT 1861' on barge; 'The Works of James Whistler - Etchings and Dry Points, are / on View at E. Thomas' Publisher / 39. Old Bond Street' |
| 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: | 'SH' in pencil below platemark on recto (F.S. Haden); 'H.M' in pencil on verso and 'HM' purple stamp on verso (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Seymour Haden / from J Whistler' at bottom right recto; |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0710204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
