181ChelseaNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8515 State: 5/5 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
Provenance: | Published by the Print Sellers' Association. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
Additional acq. no: | B-10579 |
Paper size: | 205 x 302 mm |
Plate mark size: | 134 x 209 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | The sheet was removed from a book; with red-orange ruled lines in the upper and lower margins and traces of sewing holes in the lower margin |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | no |
Note on foul biting: | Scattered flecks on sky and near the large barge in the middle ground, heavier at the centre and darker foul biting on water at the centre |
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: | stamp of the Printsellers' Association with 'GO' at centre (Lugt 2050) |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Fulham II' lower right on recto |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K1820209 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.