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Little Court

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1942.15.37
State: 1a/2

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-2473  

 

Paper size:138 x 176 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 173 mm  
Note on size:with narrow margins around the plate mark  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with light tone at left and bottom  
Note on foul biting:fairly heavy pitting over the lower image area, with directional droplets; a number of left-right diagonal scratches (all the above fainter than on NGA 1943.3.8561); a prominent slight right-left diagonal scratch between the standing man at centre and the figures on the cart  
Print note:New state; the faint second plate butterfly signature is barely visible  

 

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:'Whistler' (upside down and underlined with a slightly oblique line) at lower left on the verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab at 33 to 53 mm from left; 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:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2360113  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.