156Steamboats off the TowerNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8483 State: 3/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 49478, 65711). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10546 |
| 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: | DE ERVEN Dk BLAUW |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale overall tone, slightly darker at the cornesr and over the ships on the horizon; tiny plume of smoke to right of ships is carefully wiped clean |
| Note on foul biting: | very few pits; evidence of burnishing along the left and right plate edges |
| Print note: | This may be very slightly different from Kennedy's state three; see state description |
| 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: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp on verso (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b-c) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 49478' (crossed out) and 'a 65711' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '98' in semi-circle (upside-down) at upper left on the verso; '£38' at lower left on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1490305 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.