82The PuntNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8452 State: 2/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Printed by Whistler at Day's print workshop, London; possibly given to the publisher. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10514 |
| Paper size: | 216 x 298 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 121 x 165 mm |
| Note on size: | . |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | heavy 'plate' paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks and light patches, slightly stronger patch at lower left |
| Print note: | uneven pressure during printing resulted in a distinct platemark at the top and [grids?], but faint at the bottom, as are the lines of etching near that edge |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler / 1861.' |
| 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: | 'Only to show you mon cher that I have not forgotten - In a day or two, both these plates / will be ready - there is very little retouching to do -' and 'Do find my notation -' and 'This is a proof I pulled myself at Day's - |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | inscription continued: 'after their man Golding [sic] had pulled me a couple -' in pencil on recto |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b-c) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'K.85 I' (possibly by Harold Wright) on recto and '- msx -' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0850108 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.