154Little SmithfieldColby College Museum of Art, MaineAccession no: 061.2007 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art |
| Image credit: | Photo © Colby College Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 46785). Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. William Sloane Kinney; [Susan Schulman, NY]; Peter and Paula Lunder; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, 2007. |
| Paper size: | 345 x 222 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 135 x 97 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800) |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | DE E[…]EN[…]BLAUW |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | slight overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | fresh impression; lines seem darker than Kennedy reproduction - between houses etc., slight retroussage |
| 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: | '1st Proof Whistler' underlined, on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HM' (Mansfield, L. 1342); 'HW' (Whittemore, L. 1384a) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 46785' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'L / z?' ; 'EHK [r8 underlined] ø' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1600z01 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.