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Steamboats off the Tower

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession 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.