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The Steps, Gray's Inn

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8598
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance: Mrs E. B. Holden (according to Kennedy, 1910). Colnaghi's, London (stock no. c 6536). Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10662  

 

Paper size:68 x 177 mm  
Plate mark size:65 x 177 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:The paper colour is almost light grey  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone, wiped slightly cleaner at top  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks  
Print note:warm black ink  

 

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:tab 34 to 42 mm from left; butterfly of 1886/1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HHB' stamp (H.H. Benedict, Lugt 2936); 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'c.6536' at lower right on verso; several illegible erased stock numbers  
Misc inscriptions by others:'9' at lower right on the verso; title at lower left on the verso; Kennedy number on the verso by Harold Wright  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2950104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.