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The Little Rotherhithe

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8447
State: 4/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Knoedler & Co., New York. 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-10509  

 

Paper size:257 x 197 mm  
Plate mark size:134 x 102 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:the sheet was removed from a book; with parts of old [Dutch and other?] brown ink inscriptions on the verso  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Arms of Amsterdam  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:a little tone, and some curious wiping at the top and to right of the signature; a finger print at top centre; printed with retroussage  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks and tiny scratches; vise mark at lower right  
Print note:Some confusing rubbing and burnishing visible; there is the mark of a hair at bottom left  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler / 1861.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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:'HHB' stamp (H. H. Benedict, Lugt 2936); 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b-c), stamps on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'MK 30658' on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:Several lines of writing in pen, possibly old dutch (with abbreviations)  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0730206  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.