181ChelseaLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 182 State: 1/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1952 |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | Frederick Keppel, New York. 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 from the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | 144 x 216 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 131 x 205 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | IV countermark |
| Medium: | etching [and drypoint] |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | a little tone at right, mostly clean; inky platemark |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks; many faint Xs of varying size over entire plate |
| Print note: |
| 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 in magenta (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342); 'HW' stamp (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl 1384a) both on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '84078' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W148. 1st proof of 1st State, before the shadows in the water and before the sky [by F. K.]' [Frederick Keppel?] across lower margin on recto. ('[by F.K.]' added in a different hand from the rest of inscription); [illeg] 'F.' at lower right on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1820102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.