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Gypsy Baby

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 339
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Source unknown  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance:Alice E. Holden, sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1907 (stock no. a 44555), valued at $40 (still listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by Mrs E. B. Holden, 1910, but this did not reflect actual ownership). Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Acquired by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:99 x 66 mm  
Plate mark size:99 x 66 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:mostly near edges and at lower left  
Note on foul biting:considerable over etched area  
Print note:This is the impression 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 45 to 55 mm; h 2 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HM' stamp ( H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342) and 'HW' stamp ( H. G. Whittemore,Lugt suppl 1384a) on verso.  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 44555' at lower left verso (another 'a' number erased and illegible)  
Misc inscriptions by others:'339' at upper right verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3390104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.