26La RétameuseNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8401 State: 2/2 | ![]() |
| 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-10463 |
| Paper size: | 289 x 254 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 108 x 89 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | tan/ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chinese laid down on wove |
| Note on the paper: | chine collé |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | small patches at upper right, lower left and lower right |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. 171.' |
| 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' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b-c) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'c 27793' on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | illegible on recto; '20' on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0140211 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
