478Robert BarrNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8657 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10721 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | brown |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | Heavy, textured wove paper; discoloured to brown |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light, even overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | a few scattered pits and droplets |
| Print note: | Fine, lightly etched lines printed with retroussage |
| 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: | no |
| 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: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Robert Barr etched by Whistler in 1894 at 13 Robert Street Cumberland Market [space] Limited to 45 impressions / No.5. Sickert' in ink at bottom on the recto; '5' at lower right on the recto and '5' (in a circle) at lower right on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | KAp40104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.