Savoy Scaffolding
c. 1887
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching in dark brown on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (trimmed to plate): 17.7 × 8.1 cm (6 15/16 × 3 3/16 in.)
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Accession
1949.5.269
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 317, only state
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Howard Mansfield [1849-1938], New York, (Lugt 1342); acquired by Harris Whittemore [1864-1927], Naugatuck, CT, 1919; (his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 18 January 1949, lot 305); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia, PA); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA, 1949; gift to the NGA, 1949.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1910
Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 267.
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. 317, only state.
Inscriptions
on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly) imp
Watermarks
none
Wikidata ID
Q65076832