165From BillingsgateNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8504 State: 5/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Royal Collection, Windsor; sold to Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1906; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. 41644, valued at £27, stock no. changed to a41996); sold 1906 to unidentified collector for $500. Probably in the 1920s with Kennedy & Co., New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10567 |
| Paper size: | 208 x 329 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 148 x 226 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | IV countermark |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Traces of tone near left, right and bottom plate edges and over part of image area |
| Note on foul biting: | Tiny flecks in the sky to left of centre |
| 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: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'VR' and crown stamp (Royal Collection, Windsor, Lugt 2535); 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 41644' (crossed out); 'a41996' (crossed out); 'a 65720' all on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W130'; '4' lower right on recto; 'SXX-' lower left on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1680302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.