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After the Sale, Clothes Exchange, Houndsditch

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 294
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1952  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT. Bought with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:126 x 175 mm  
Plate mark size:126 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  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:fairly even overall; picking at lower left and lower right  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks and patches  
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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'No 15.' at lower right verso (possibly by Whistler)  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HW' stamp (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl 1384a).  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2940106  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.