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181

Chelsea

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 182
State: 1/5

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1952  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance:Frederick Keppel, New York. Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Purchased from the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:144 x 216 mm  
Plate mark size:131 x 205 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:IV countermark  
Medium:etching [and drypoint]  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:a little tone at right, mostly clean; inky platemark  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks; many faint Xs of varying size over entire plate  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
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:'HM' stamp in magenta (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342); 'HW' stamp (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl 1384a) both on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'84078' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W148. 1st proof of 1st State, before the shadows in the water and before the sky [by F. K.]' [Frederick Keppel?] across lower margin on recto. ('[by F.K.]' added in a different hand from the rest of inscription); [illeg] 'F.' at lower right on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1820102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.