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Old Women

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession 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.