387Railway-Station, VovesNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8628 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by W. H. Bustin, Jr 1910. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10692 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| 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: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale traces of tone (difficult to assess because the sheet of paper is so heavily soiled) |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| Print note: | This is the impression illustrated by Kennedy; check tab |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly in graphite at lower right on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '2nd Proof. 1st State' ( '2' written over '3', 'nd' and 'st' superscript, 'st' underlined) at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 161 to 170 mm from left; height 2 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3710104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.