286The Little Nurse, Grays InnNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8600 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. Knoedler & Co., New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10664 |
| Paper size: | 135 x 94 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 132 x 94 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks in the image area; a long, curving, left-right diagonal scratch extends from the left of the butterfly through the rightmost child |
| Print note: |
| 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 at lower right on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'The Little Nurse, / Grays Inn' butterfly at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 18 to 28 mm from left |
| 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) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'MK.31685' at lower left on verso; Colnaghi stock numbers erased and covered by the NGA stamp |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | Wedmore number at lower left on the verso; Kennedy number at lower right on the verso by Harold Wright |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3020105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.