Inscription
[Whistler's butterfly signature] lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "London Bridge" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "k.153 IV" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "8" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "w.123" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Marks and Labels
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink. "TD" (Tracy Dows collector's stamp) vero, black stamped ink (Lugt 2427).
Provenance
Tracy Dows [b. 1871], New York (Lugt 2427); (probably sold through M. Knoedler, New York, 1911); Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b-c), purchased 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.
Exhibition History
- 1931
- Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.
Bibliography
- 1910
- Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 153, iv/v.
- 2012
- MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012: no. 172, state v/vi.
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