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The Landing Stage, Cowes

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8611
State: 3b/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:John H. Wrenn (1841-1911). Knoedler & Co., New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10675  

 

Paper size:135 x 94 mm  
Plate mark size:132 x 94 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:withsoft graduated tone at left and across the lower half of the plate; with curving horizontal wiping marks  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks over the etched area; short, curved scratches in the space between the butterfy and man  
Print note:The short curved scratches on this impression are visible in Kennedy's reproduction; brown discolouration along the sheet edges lile some Jubilee impressions at the AIC, FGA and NGA-- and one Wild West etching at the NGA  

 

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:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 22 to 23 mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:(J. H. Wenn, Lugt 1475); 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'MK 32469" at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'164' at lower left on the verso; title at lower centre on the verso, both  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3280107  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.