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176

Wych Street, London

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8492
State: 1/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10555  

 

Paper size:280 x 194 mm  
Plate mark size:212 x 136 mm  
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:SH countermark  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:minimal, at the edges  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly 'imp.'  
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:pencil butterfly of 1877/1878  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'c. 15935' on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:'44' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1590105  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.