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387

Railway-Station, Voves

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8628
State: 1/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by W. H. Bustin, Jr 1910. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10692  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale traces of tone (difficult to assess because the sheet of paper is so heavily soiled)  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks  
Print note:This is the impression illustrated by Kennedy; check tab  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly in graphite at lower right on the verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'2nd Proof. 1st State' ( '2' written over '3', 'nd' and 'st' superscript, 'st' underlined) at lower right on the verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 161 to 170 mm from left; height 2 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3710104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.