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Wheelwright

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1942.15.34
State: 6/9

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Given by Mr and Mrs J. Watson Webb to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, memory of Mr and Mrs H. O. Havemeyer, 1942.  
Additional acq. no:B-2470  

 

Paper size:134 x 178 mm  
Plate mark size:127 x 178 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:B / TH in elaborated circle (Chicago watermark 62)  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone near the plate edges and corners  
Note on foul biting:many scattered flecks, tiny acid droplets and directional patches  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly at lower left and faintly on the beam at upper left  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:'Whistler' (upside down and underlined) at lower left on the verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab at 58 to 74 mm from left, height 8 mm, butterfly of 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'x3' (upside down) or 'Ex' (?) .at lower right on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2330512  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.