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Tatting

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 112
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1952  
Image credit:  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 37276). Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT. Purchased with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:236 x 163 mm  
Plate mark size:125 x 75 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale tone over lower third of plate  
Note on foul biting:many acid droplets and a large patch at lower right  
Print note:This could be the the impression illustrated by Kennedy, but there is no distinguishing feature on the reproduction; check K1120101  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
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:'HHB' stamp (Henry Harper Benedict, Lugt 2936) ; 'HW' stamp, (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 37276' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'12' at lower left recto; 'K112' at lower centre recto; '91' at upper right recto; '112' at lower centre verso; encircled '2' with a 'B' to the right of it, at centre verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1120108  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.