162Whistler with the White LockNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8506 State: 1 (re-issued)/1 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 72210). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
Additional acq. no: | B-10570 |
Paper size: | 230 x 177 mm |
Plate mark size: | 118 x 80 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | pale green |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | Arms of Colbert (partial elaborate shield) |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light overall tone, with drypoint cancellation lines |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: | double check medium - may be pure drypoint |
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: | no |
Note on the tab: |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 72210' lower left verso; '79223' lower left verso |
Misc inscriptions by others: |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K1720111 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.