450The PierrotLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 407.5 State: 8/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1952 |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | James McNeill Whistler; sold 1895 to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a25255, discounted price £10.1.7, annotated 'rare + fine'); sold before 1900 to Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | 230 x 160 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 230 x 160 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces at corners and along edges, particularly at bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | considerable, light granular patches and flecks |
| Print note: | Fine dark impression; blotches in dark shading to left of boy and at lower centre-- look like acid puddles (particularly at bottom) |
| 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: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HM' stamp and 'HM' in graphite (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342) and 'HW' stamp (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a) on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 25255' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K4070507 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.