255St James's Place, HoundsditchLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 290 State: 2/2 |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1938 |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Bentley Collection, according to a note on verso. John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911), Chicago. Bought with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | 83 x 174 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 80 x 174 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale overall, slightl darker at left, with right-left diagonal wiping marks at left |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| Print note: | fine diagonal shading is probably drypoint? |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'M. & E. LEVY' |
| 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 at 121 to 130 mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'J.H.W' (John H. Wrenn, Lugt 1475). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '51' at lower right verso; 'Bentley Collection'; various title and catalogue inscriptions |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2900110 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.