87JoNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1949.5.536 State: 1/1 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; probably sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Given by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia, to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-15843 |
| Paper size: | 450 x 312 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 227 x 150 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | unevenly discoloured; the sheet was removed from a book, with old brown ink numerals at lower corners on the recto and verso |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of tone near the plate edges and printed with retroussage |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | an inkier impression than the one illustrated by Kennedy |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whisller / 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: | 'HW' (Harris S. Whittemore, Lugt 1384a) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Whistler's "Joe" Superb and very early proof printed on old Dutch paper.' at lower centre on the recto; 'W64' at lower left on the recto; 'Net HCO xv' at lower right on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0770103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.