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Sketch after Cecil Lawson's "Swan and Iris"

Yale University Art Gallery
Accession no: 1940.781
State: 5/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:S. H. Nazeby Harrington (b. 1862), Birkenhead, UK. H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock nos. a 53000, 94000). Given by Charles Nagel, Jr, to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, 4 December 1940.  

 

Paper size:184 x 143 mm  
Plate mark size:135 x 83 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:wide margin  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:'1814'  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone  
Note on foul biting:tiny flecks.  
Print note:Quite a good impression.  

 

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:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HNH' stamp on recto (S.H.N.Harrington, Lugt 1347)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 94000' crossed out, 'a 53000' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2410z04  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.