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The Bucking Horse, Wild West

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1987.41.74
State: 2/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 45960). Given by John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987  

 

Paper size:97 x 202 mm  
Plate mark size:82 x 183 mm  
Note on size:Sightly rough left edge, taken from a book  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:The sheet was removed from a book; with sew holes along the left sheet edge  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Pale overall tone, heavier along the plate edges  
Note on foul biting:Many scattered flecks  
Print note:Delicate impression with light tone.  

 

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:butterfly 'imp' under platemark on recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 45960' and 'R10447' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3150108  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.