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Bird-Cages, Chelsea

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 276
State: 1/2

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1941  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Bought with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:155 x 229 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 229 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:many tiny paper inclusions; the sheet was removed from a book, with red dye along top and left edges  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:a few scattered flecks; concentric scratches or tool mark at lower right corner  
Print note:  

 

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:butterfly in pencil on verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'No 18' at lower left on verso; 'Selected proof.' at lower right verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:at 48 to 57 mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'ERJP' in circle (E. R. & J.Pennell, Lugt suppl. 874a)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2760107  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.