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Jubilee Place, Chelsea

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 274
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1941  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance:Bought with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:141 x 22 mm  
Plate mark size:141 x 222 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:many small inclusions (much debris)  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale overall  
Note on foul biting:considerable, scattered  
Print note:This is the impression of the first state illustrated by Kennedy  

 

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: butterfly in pencil on verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'No 2' at lower left verso; 'Chosen Proof' at lower right verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:at 37 to 47 mm; h 3 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'W.H.B' in script (possibly W.H. Bustin, Jr, not in Lugt); 'ERJP' in circle (E. R. & J.Pennell, Lugt suppl. 874a)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Jubilee Place 274' at lower centre verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2740102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.