42Nursemaid and ChildNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8421 State: 1/2 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Sold by the Fine Art Society, London, May 1889, to Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. A14246 for two impressions of this plate); Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10483 |
| Paper size: | 159 x 248 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 95 x 133 mm |
| Note on size: | irregularly trimmed |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered by heavier distribution at left plate edge, upper right corners on lower third of plate. |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| 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: | butterfly and 'imp.' on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HHB' stamp (H. H. Benedict, Lugt 1298); 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b-c) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 14246' on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Ada Thomas' on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0370106 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
