101Speke Hall: The AvenueNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8460 State: 6/14 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
Provenance: | Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
Additional acq. no: | B-10522 |
Paper size: | |
Plate mark size: | |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | DE ERVEN DK BLAUW |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | some uneven tone over etched areas |
Note on foul biting: | a few scattered flecks and tiny droplets |
Print note: |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler 1870 -' |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Speke Hall -' |
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: | 'NK.31921' |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Speke Hall No. 1 K.96iv' at lower right on the recto; '73' at lower right on the verso |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K0960402 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.