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349

Fish Women, Ostend

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 349
State: 1/2

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1941  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance:Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:94 x 132 mm  
Plate mark size:94 x 132 mm  
Note on size:no tab  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:the paper is ivory discoloured to buff  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale overall, slightly heavier at bottom; faint picking at lower left and lower right  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks  
Print note:New state; drypoint=left-right diagonals to right of central woman  

 

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:n/a  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:n/a  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:hinged to mat so verso unexamined  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3490103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.