356Nut Shop, St James's Place, HoundsditchLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 291 State: 1/2 |
Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1952 |
Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
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; bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
Paper size: | 127 x 175 mm |
Plate mark size: | 127 x 175 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | cream |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | partial PRO PATRIA |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light, fairly even overall |
Note on foul biting: | patches of flecks |
Print note: | drypoint=fine diagonal shading on windows and doorways at left and on rightmost window; this is the impression of the first state illustrated by Kennedy |
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: | at 36 to 46 mm; h 2 mm |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | 'HM' stamp over 'HM' in graphite (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342) and 'HW' stamp (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a). |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'No 9' at lower right verso (poss by JMW?); 'K291' at lower centre verso |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K2910103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.