154Little SmithfieldLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 160 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1937 |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow; H. Wunderlich and Co. (Kennedy and Co.), New York, 1902 (stock no. a 37260). Purchased from the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | 212 x 162 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 133 x 97 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | the paper is discoloured, almost to yellowish grey |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Very light overall tone, particularly at right |
| Note on foul biting: | Dots provide texture at the top |
| Print note: | A good clean impression with some burr; some scratching and burnishing visible |
| 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 pencil on recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Little Smithfield - ' and '2' at lower right on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'B.M' stamp (B. B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394); Pennell stamp, both on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 37260' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '78' (or 98?) faintly at lower left on the recto; 'Mr Angus; at lower left on the verso; 'K.160' at lower centre on the verso; '10' (sideways) at lower right on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1600105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.