174Battersea MornNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8489 State: 1/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 34603). 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-10552 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Arms of Amsterdam |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of tone at left and over the sky and horizon; the plumes of smoke at right wiped clean |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' in graphite a lower left on the recto |
| 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: | 'HHB' stamp (H.H. Benedict, Lugt 1298); 'LJR' (Lessing J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 34603 (underlined) / asx-' at lower left on verso; 'c.6527' at lower right on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Very rare' at lower centre on the recto; 'W125 1st' at lower left on the verso; 'K.155 I Battersea Dawn' at lower centre right by Harold Wright |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1550106 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.