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Cottage Door

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8569
State: 1/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York, 1910. H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 15165). Knoedler & Co., New York (stock no. MK 32561). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10633  

 

Paper size:72 x 99 mm  
Plate mark size:66 x 99 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:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:even overall tone  
Note on foul biting:a vise mark at lower right corner  
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:butterfly 'imp..' [sic]  
Note on the tab:tab 20 to 32 mm from left; butterfly of 1886/1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'LJR' stamp (Lessing Julius Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 15165.' or 'A 18165'; 'MK 32561' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Lot 103' at lower left on the verso; 'I/I/-' (lower case, in script) at lower right on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2500102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.