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Bird-Cages, Chelsea

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8585
State: 1/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Knoedler & Co., New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10649  

 

Paper size:154 x 229 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 229 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:The paper colour is ivory discoloured to buff  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Eagle with Basel Crozier  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone, very slightly heavier at left  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks; vise mark or deep scratches at the lower right corner; three curved scratces below the leftmost rounded-top cage; a long, curving right-left diagonal scratch to left of centre at bottom  
Print note:The only drypoint is on the right doorway; this is a state before Kennedy's first and only state  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'W. JONES' on board above shop at right, and number '2' on window below; 'AMBER' on newspaper advertising board.  
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.'  
Note on the tab:tab 160 to 170 mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'MK 30675' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Bird Cages - Chelsea' at lower centre on the verso; '198' at lower right on the verso, both  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2760104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.