239The SmithyPrivate collectionAccession no: - State: 2/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo Whistler Etchings Project / E. G. Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler (1910) |
| Provenance: | Bought by H. Wunderlich & Co., NY, (stock no. a15164) at Thibaudeau sale, Sotheby's, 1888, lot 98, for £4.10.0; Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; probably sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Purchased by the current owner from William Doyle Galleries, New York, 1978. |
| Paper size: | 175 x 227 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 175 x 227 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale tone at top of image |
| Note on foul biting: | as usual |
| 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: | butterfly at lower left, within image |
| 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: | note that the tab visible at upper left in the Kennedy image is on the impression pictured above this one |
| Collector's mark: | 'HM' (Howard Mansfield, Lugt 1242); 'HW' (Harris Whittemore, Lugt 1384a); |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 15164' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project, owner's records |
| ID: | K2400201 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.