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Petticoat Lane

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 022.2007
State: 2/2

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
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. Dr. George S. van Houten, sale Sotheby's NY, 3 May 2007, lot 64; Peter and Paula Lunder; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, 2007.  

 

Paper size:95 x 134 mm  
Plate mark size:95 x 134 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:fragment: 'PATRIA'  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:overall tone, wiped slightly cleaner in area of figures  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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 'imp.' on verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HM' (Mansfield, L. 1342); 'HW' (Whittemore, L. 1384a)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Ce / #163 / HM / Petticoat Lane'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2850203  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.