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The Scotch Widow |  New York Public Library (MEZAP) | |
| Number: | 147 | |
| Date: | 1875/1876 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 205 x 103 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Cancelled Plates', 1879 | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 18 | |
| Catalogues: | K.142; M.140; W.118 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (18) | ||
PUBLICATION
EXHIBITIONS
). 7
After Whistler's death, impressions were shown in the principal Memorial Exhibitions. One impression was lent to the Grolier Club in New York in 1904, and Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) lent his impression to the Whistler Memorial Show in Boston in 1904 whilst another was exhibited in London, 1905 (
). 8
7: New York 1881 (cat. no. 137); Chicago 1900 (cat. no. 106). See REFERENCES : EXHIBITIONS.
8: New York 1904a (cat. no. 119); Boston 1904 (cat. no. 119), London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 118).
SALES & COLLECTORS
). Charles Augustus Howell (1840?-1890) bought one on 25 October 1877. 9
9: 6-25 November 1877, GUW #02178.
), and Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought a set from Knoedler & Co. in 1893 (). Thomas Glen Arthur (1858-1907) also acquired a set in 1887 () which later went to Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Early owners included George Aloysius Lucas (1824-1909), whose impression went eventually to Baltimore Museum of Art (). Boston Public Library also acquired a set (). In addition, a set acquired by J. Littauer, Munich was sold to the Hamburger Kunsthalle in 1896 ().). 10: Sotheby's, London, 13 December 1889 (lot 787 or 789).