234Old WomenNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8556 State: 1/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891); sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 March 1892 (lot 293), bought by Frederick Keppel (1845-1912), New York, £1.15.0. Knoedler & 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-10620 |
| Paper size: | 131 x 203 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 126 x 203 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| 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: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | New state before the butterfly |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' and '1st proof.' (the st superscript and underlined |
| Note on the tab: | tab 46 to 70 mm from left, butterfly of 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'JHH' blind stamp (J.H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921); 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'MK 33275' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'K.224 I' (the I superscript) and [illeg] at lower centre on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2240104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.