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Trixie (Mrs Beatrice Whistler)

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 441
State: 1/2

Collection credit:Source unknown  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance:Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT. Knoedler & Co., New York. Acquired by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:88 x 52 mm  
Plate mark size:85 x 52 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light tone  
Note on foul biting:a few flecks  
Print note:good impression with some burr  

 

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 on verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'3rd proof.' on verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of 1890/1894; 32 - 44mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HW' stamp on verso (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a)  
Dealers' stock nos:'K3985 MK' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'44' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4410104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.