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Speke Hall: The Avenue

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession 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.