176Wych Street, LondonNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8493 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock nos. a 54951, 65715). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10556 |
| Paper size: | 212 x 137 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 212 x 137 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | effective vertically wiped tone, quite deep tone at the bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | some flecks at the top and a few in the bottom half, |
| 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: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'u / 9 / r' (?) on verso, possibly by Whistler |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | butterfly of 1887; tab 72-85mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'MM' or 'WW' (?) unidentified stamp on verso; 'LJR' stamp on verso (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b-c) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 54951' (crossed out) and 'a 65715' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '102' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1590204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.