143The Two ShipsNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8481 State: 5/5 |  |
| 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-10544 |
| 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: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Coat of arms with [elaborate initials?] at centre |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale overall tone, slighty darker on the water at the bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks; patches of small droplets on the lower third of the plate; evidence of scraping on some areas at lower left |
| Print note: | The dark patches of foul biting on the lower third of the plate are either uninked or removed in the Kennedy third state reproduction |
| 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: | 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: | 'LJR' (Lessing J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'No 19' at lower left on the recto; "Two Ships' (twice) on the recto; 'Dov. En' [in script, the 'En' underlined] at lower left on the verso; 'K.148 III' at lower centre on the recto. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1480306 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.