133The Dam WoodUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann ArborAccession no: 1954/1.359 State: 2/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker |
| Image credit: | Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Possibly C.W. Dowdeswell, London. Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891), London. Royal Collection, Windsor; sold to Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1906; H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1906 (stock no. 41991); sold to Obach & Co., 1906; Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954. |
| Paper size: | 180 x 111 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 175 x 111 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of tone over the top branches and near the plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | butterfly of 1888/1890s |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'JHH' blind stamp (J.H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921); 'VR' crowned, oval stamp (Royal Library, Windsor, Lugt 2535) ; stylized device (this may be a version of Walter Dowdeswell's mark; see Lugt 799) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1450104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.