280Gates, City, LondonLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 283 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1952 |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | John Caldwell (1882-1907), Pittsburgh, PA. Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT. Bought with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | 132 x 96 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 132 x 96 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | fine laid paper |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | residual |
| Note on foul biting: | dots |
| Print note: | flecks and light changes of line; traces of earlier or expanded subject, including tower, foliage, etc. |
| 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.' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly of 1887; tab 18-28 from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'J.C' in script (John Caldwell, Pittsburgh, PA, not in Lugt); 'HW' stamp (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl.1383a) on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '19710' at lower left verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Gates City (London)' at lower centre verso; 'K.283' at centre verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2830102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.