UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

Home > The Catalogue > Impression

Return to previous page

154

Little Smithfield

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1987.41.69
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Given by John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987.  

 

Paper size:133 x 97 mm  
Plate mark size:133 x 97 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:JLLOYD  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Overall tone makes the image look tan  
Note on foul biting:  
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:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp'  
Note on the tab:butterfly of 1885/1886; tab 21-32 from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:lower left butterfly signature in graphite on tab  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'5200' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1600104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.