143The Two ShipsPhiladelphia Museum of ArtAccession no: 1959-52-103 State: 1/5 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | Philadelphia Museum of Art: Gift of Bryant W. Langston, 1959 |
| Image credit: | Photo © Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | 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; given by Bryant W. Landston to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1959. |
| Paper size: | 278 x 205 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 208 x 133 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
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| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | |
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| Tab?: | no |
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| Medium: | etching |
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| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
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| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | This is the impression of the first state reproduced by Kennedy |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HHB' stamps (H. H. Benedict, Lugt 1298 and 2936); HW' (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Museum records and Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1480z02 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
