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The Smithy

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 240
State: 1/6

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1952  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891), London; sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 March 1892 (lots 295-298 and 300). Knoedler & Co., New York. Julian Alden Weir.Bought with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:176 x 230 mm  
Plate mark size:173 x 227 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:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:flecks and dots; many horizontal scratches at bottom  
Print note:[not the impression illustrated by Kennedy]  

 

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.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of 1880  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:Possibly 'JHH' blindstamp (J.H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921); J.A.W' (in script) on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'16313 MK' (crossed out) on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W191' on tab verso; 'b/b/-' (in script) lower right verso; 'z 5760-' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2400104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.