Inscription
[Whistler's butterfly signature] lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. " J. Mc. N. Whistler, delt." lower left composition, in plate. Not dated. "Fitzroy Square" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "JP" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.
Marks and Labels
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.
Provenance
Sir Frank Short [1857-1945]. Bought August 13, 1931 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 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. 3.
- 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. 183, state ii/iii.
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