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The Pierrot

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 407
State: 4/8

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1952  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 36127). Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT. Bought with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:235 x 161 mm  
Plate mark size:230 x 161 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:possibly Asian paper? With inclusions  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:more tone at bottom  
Note on foul biting:considerable, including granular patches on water and texture over boy's body and post to right of him  
Print note:  

 

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 pencil on verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'3rd proof pulled' (the 'rd' superscript) on verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 32 - 42 from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HW' stamp (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a) on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 36127' etc on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others: 'amx-' at lower left verso (dealer price code); '0874N / 28.052' on verso (LC notation)  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4070102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.