202The BalconyNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8542 State: 18/19 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Jules Gerbeau (d. 1906), Paris. Lawrence W. Hodson (1864-1933), Wolverhampton. Courtland Field Bishop (1870-1935), New York. H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 59328). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10606 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | medium weight |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | partial [Strasbourg Lily?] top of shield only |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with pale tone at top and darker tone over the water at bottom, wiped vertically |
| Note on foul biting: | vise mark at lower centre; acid droplets at upper left and right; patches of granular tone over the three left most windows over the balcony, the door frame and the area surrounding the man in the boat |
| Print note: | ink warm black, looking almost brown in the water and shadows |
| 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: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 34 to 48mm from left, height 5mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'L.W.H.' (L. W. Hodson, Lugt 1774a); (Courtland Field Bishop, Lugt 2770b supplement) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 59328' at lower left and '4188' at centre on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'L / S / 91' at lower centre and 'Nox' at lower right on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2071003 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.