116The Letter (Maud, seated)Colby College Museum of Art, MaineAccession no: 2013.377 State: 4/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art |
| Image credit: | Photo © Colby College Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York, 1910; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Knoedler & Co., New York. Louis B. Dailey (1904-2000), New York; sold at auction, 21 October 2003, Sotheby's, New York; bought by Peter Lunder, 31 October 2003; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007. |
| Additional acq. no: | 043.2003 |
| Paper size: | 328 x 201 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 137 x 100 mm |
| Note on size: | deep bevel, outside bevel of platemark 147 x 109 |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white (ivory) |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Arms of Amsterdam |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Soft, light tone particularly at the top and bottom. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | soft burr |
| 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 |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Maud -' |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | inscription and butterfly of ca 1886/1887 |
| Collector's mark: | 'HM' in pencil; 'HM' stamp (H. Mansfield, L. 1342); 'HW' stamp (Whittemore, L.1384a); 'LDB' stamp in rectangle with angled corners (Dailey, not in Lugt), all on verso. |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'mk 39654' on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Lee H' upside down on verso; 'Cx 97' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1150302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.