99Amsterdam, from the TolhuisNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8457 State: 3/8 |  |
| 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-10519 |
| Paper size: | 205 x 278 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 133 x 209 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Japanese |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone on the water; slightly heavier tone near the plate edges and at the upper and lower corners |
| Note on foul biting: | very small dark spots below the second ship in the left background and at lower centre; fainter spots in the water at lower left |
| Print note: | dark spots of foul biting do not appear on Kennedy reproduction of state 1 |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler - 1863' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'à Amsterdam - Tolhuis' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly on recto |
| 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: | pencil butterfly of 1890s |
| Collector's mark: | pentagon stamp (Albert W. Scholle, Lugt 2923a) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a c 7446' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '4' on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0910112 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.