127Sleeping GirlLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no.125 State: 2/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1952 |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | John Caldwell (1882-1907), Pittsburgh, PA. Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT. Purchased with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | 135 x 215 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 135 x 215 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | light grey |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light tone, at the bottom; faint vertical bands of picking at centre |
| Note on foul biting: | tiny patches at upper left plate edge |
| Print note: | a very delicate impression with burr |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| 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: | butterfly |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly of 1885/1886;tab 55-70 from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HW' stamp (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a); 'J.C' (in script) on verso (John Caldwell, Pittsburgh, PA, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'K.125 II' at lower centre on the verso; '211' on tab verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1250z03 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.