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Battersea Morn

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession 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.