210Little SaluteNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8554 State: 3/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Colnaghi's, London (stock no. c 18403). H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 77666). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10618 |
| Paper size: | 90 x 2111 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 81 x 211 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with blotchy, 'watery' tone along the lower plate edge |
| Note on foul biting: | a few spots |
| Print note: | a lot of burnishing marks at left, right and bottom |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 31 to 49 mm from left; butterfly of 1885/1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 77666' (underlined) at lower left on verso; 'c.18403' at lower centre on verso; and '8555' at lower right on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W1.90' at lower right on the verso; 'K.220 II' (the II superscript) at lower left on the verso by Harold Wright; 'c/gh/' (in script) mostly erased at lower right on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2200205 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.