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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M2780
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
Afternoon Tea
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: L'Album d'estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard, II
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1895
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/262477

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transfer lithograph print in black on tan Japanese vellum paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 37.3 x 24.4 cm (14 11/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite butterfly
  • inscription: lower right corner, graphite: a9430
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: W [147 erased]
  • inscription: lower margin, toward center, graphite: a short dash with a caret to it from below
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: a44615 [underlined] / nw-
  • collector's mark: verso, lower center, black ink, stamped: HHB [interlocking and overlapping] [(Lugt 2936) Henry Harper Benedict]
  • inscription: lower margin slightly to right of center, graphite: [butterfly]
  • inscription: lithographed above the right figured proper left shoulder: [butterfly]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
H. H. Benedict, (2936).
Paul J. Sachs, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1924.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
only state
Standard Reference Number
Way 147; Art Institute of Chicago 173

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1924
Object Number
M2780
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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