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Little Dordrecht

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1949.5.264
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 36270 or 38270). Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; probably sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. Ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Given by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia, to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949.  
Additional acq. no:B-15859  

 

Paper size:105 x 158 mm  
Plate mark size:96 x 132 mm  
Note on size:with small margins, uneven edge at bottom  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:The sheet was removed from a book; with sew holes along the bottom edge, discolouration along the left edge and a pale red ruled line on the verso  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light brown (almost tan) uneven overall tone  
Note on foul biting:considerable  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
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:Is the butterfly 'imp' signature okay?  
Collector's mark:'HM' (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342); 'HW' stamp (H.G.Whittemore, Lugt 1384a)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 38270' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:butterfly and 'imp', not by Whistler; Wedmore number at lower centre on the verso; 'ix-' and '7't on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2430107  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.