459Cameo, No. 1 (Mother and Child)National Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8620 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 55624?). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10684 |
| Paper size: | 180 x 126 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 177 x 126 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian wove |
| Note on the paper: | fibrous |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of tone at the bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | many scattered flecks |
| 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: | butterfly at lower left on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '3rd Proof' at lower left on the verso,, hinge pasted over first part of inscription. |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 28 to 39 mm from left, butterfly of 1888/1890s |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 55624' (?) at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Ehx' at lower left on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3470107 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.