174Battersea MornNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8490 State: 5/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Knoedler & Co., New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10553 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | DHK countermark |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with overall tone, slightly darker across the bottom; the plumes of smoke wiped mostly clean |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | yes |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 52 to 62 mm from left; height 3mm; butterfly of 1888/1890s |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | stylized device in graphite (this may be a version of Walter Dowdeswell's mark, see Lugt 799); (Lessing J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'MK 68756' at lower right on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Battersea Dawn' at lower left on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1550402 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.