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143

The Two Ships

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8481
State: 5/5

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-10544  

 

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:Coat of arms with [elaborate initials?] at centre  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale overall tone, slighty darker on the water at the bottom  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks; patches of small droplets on the lower third of the plate; evidence of scraping on some areas at lower left  
Print note:The dark patches of foul biting on the lower third of the plate are either uninked or removed in the Kennedy third state reproduction  

 

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:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'LJR' (Lessing J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'No 19' at lower left on the recto; "Two Ships' (twice) on the recto; 'Dov. En' [in script, the 'En' underlined] at lower left on the verso; 'K.148 III' at lower centre on the recto.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1480306  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.