144The PianoLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 141 State: 6/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Purchased with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | 350 x 225 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 233 x 157 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Beehive DEDB |
| Medium: | drypoint and open bite |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Pale and uneven, mostly over skirt and to right of figure. |
| Note on foul biting: | Tiny dots and scratches. |
| Print note: | This is the impression of the fourth state described by Kennedy, but it is reproduced mistakenly labelled 'V,' and his fifth state illustration is labelled 'IV' |
| 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: | 'HM' stamp (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342) and 'HW' (Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1410405 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.