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The Boy (Charlie Hanson)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8473
State: 7/8

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Colnaghi's, London (stock nos. C 6858, 9766). H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. A 65708). Theodore de Witt. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10536  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:The sheet was removed from a book; with an old brown ink [Latin] inscription on the verso  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Arms of Amsterdam  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:Brush and ink additions to the nose, mouth, arm, hip, legs and foot  
Print tone:with overall tone, darkest behind the figure  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:This is the seventh state impression reproduced by Kennedy (which must have been matted or masked at the time it was photographed to imply a tab); warm black ink.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly 'imp' at lower right on the recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'The Boy-' at lower right on the recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:Note the names in the inscriptions, possibly identifying the sitter?  
Collector's mark:'B.M.' stamp (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394); 'Theo. De Witt' (underlined) in graphite- Theodore de Witt (Lugt 2428); 'LJR' (Lessing J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 65708', at lower left on verso; '3560' encircled, at lower right on recto; 'c9766' crossed out; 'c6858' underlined and crossed out  
Misc inscriptions by others:'109' and '123' in blue pencil at lower left on the recto; ' "Little Abbot" at lower centre on the recto; 'Mr Aryres' (sp?) at lower left on the verso; '96' (partly encircled) at lower right on the verso; '£4.4.0' at lower centre on the recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1350703  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.