141The Little Forge, LiverpoolNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8478 State: 4/16 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 37281). Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10541 |
| 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: | colour is almost buff; the sheet was removed from a book, with old [Latin] inscriptions in brown ink on the recto and verso |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Hunting horn in shield / WR (not in Chicago) |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with tone over the walls and ceiling, particularly heavy at the upper right |
| Note on foul biting: | a few tiny pits |
| Print note: | This is the impression of the second state reproduced by Kennedy (masked so that it appears to have a signature tab); printed in warm black ink |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' at lower left on the recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '45' at lower left on the recto (by Whistler?) |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | butterfly of 1890s. |
| Collector's mark: | 'HHB' (Henry Harper Benedict, Lugt 1298); 'B.M.' stamp (B. B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 37281' (or 'c') at lower left on verso; 'A 9106-650' at lower right on recto; |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'e/' (in script) at lower right on the recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1470202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.