244Little CourtNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8561 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10625 |
| Paper size: | 132 x 173 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 127 x 173 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | The paper colour is almost pale green |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | some pale tone at right |
| Note on foul biting: | fairly heavy pitting over the lower image area, with directional droplets; a number of left-right diagonal scratches |
| Print note: | An earlier impression than NGA 1942.15.37 |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly, with a second faint butterfly just above and to the left of it |
| 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 42 to 59 mm from left; butterfly of 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'DD556-' at lower right on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'a2' at lower centre verso and the Wedmore number at upper left on the verso; '400-' at lower right on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2360112 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.