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House of the Swan, Brussels

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 363
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1939  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Bought from Goodspeed's Book Shop in Boston on 30 June 1939, with the Pennell Fund, by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:193 x 71 mm  
Plate mark size:178 x 66 mm  
Note on size:trimmed to platemark at top and left, with margins at bottom and right  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale tone at bottom and along plate edges  
Note on foul biting: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  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'ERJP' in circle (E. R. & J.Pennell, Lugt suppl. 874a)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'House of Swan, Brussels' at bottom verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3630103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.