154Little SmithfieldNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8494 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Royal Library, Windsor. H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 41978). 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-10557 |
| 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: | the sheet was removed from a book; with sewing holes at the left edge and an old [Latin} inscription in brown ink on the verso |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Bell (?) |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Even overall tone; printed with retroussage |
| Note on foul biting: | Many scattered flecks at upper right |
| Print note: | This appears to conform to Kennedy's illustration (i.e. it is the same state), but that reproduction is poor and barely shows the finest lines |
| 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 in graphite at lower right on the recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '5.' at lower right on the recto , possibly by Whistler |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | crown symbol, pencil (possibly denoting Royal collection, Windsor, Lugt 2921h); 'HHB' stamp (H.H. Benedict, Lugt 2936); 'LJR' (Lessing J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 41978' and '53741' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1600103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.