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Old Women

National Gallery of Australia
Accession no: 78.488

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Emma Regina Martin (ca 1877-1965). Charles C. Cunningham (1910-1979), Chicago. Acquired through Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara, CA, by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1978.  
Additional acq. no:111875  

 

Paper size:130 x 202 mm  
Plate mark size:124 x 202 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:medium-weight machine wove paper.  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
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:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HM' circular stamp in purple ink on verso of tab (Howard Mansfield, Lugt 1342); 'HW' in black ink at centre left (Harris Whittemore, Lugt 1384A); 'CCC' trefoil stamp in brown ink (C.C. Cunningham), all on verso.  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K2240z01  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.