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Rochester Row, Westminster

National Gallery of Australia
Accession no: 78.437

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Emma Regina Martin (ca 1877-1965). Charles C. Cunningham (1910-1979), Chicago. Acquired through Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara, CA, by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1978.  
Additional acq. no:111773  

 

Paper size:154 x 226 mm  
Plate mark size:150 x 226 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:light weight, 'antique' laid paper.  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Verso, lower left, vertically: 'L [?] R'  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'DAILY TELEGRAPH' on wall placard  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HM' partial circular stamp on verso of tab, lower right, in blue ink (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342); 'HW' stamp at centre right, in black ink (Harris Whittemore, Lugt 1342); 'ERM' at lower right, in pencil (E. R. Martin, not in Lugt); 'CCC' stamp of trefoil, centre left, in brown ink (Charles Cunningham, not in Lugt), all on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'No 13', '1978.437' on verso, at lower right.  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K2690z02  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.