283The Long Seats, Gray's InnNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8599 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10663 |
| Paper size: | 83 x 177 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 80 x 177 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: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone, slightly heavier at left and right |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks on the group of figures at lower right |
| Print note: | a lot less emphatic than the Kennedy reproduction |
| 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: | 'Long Seats - Grays Inn' (sic) at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 35 to 45 mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | Wedmore number at lower left on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2990105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.