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Venus

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: Circ.178-1965
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Bought from P.& D. Colnaghi's, London, by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 31 March 1965 for £8.0.0.  
Additional acq. no:EE.2A  

 

Paper size:207 x 290 mm  
Plate mark size:153 x 227 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light residual tone, slightly darker shade in background; inked areas bottom right  
Note on foul biting:fine scattered pitting in band along bottom edge  
Print note:stippled drypoint lines far right, upper half with somewhat fuzzy burr; lines of abandoned drawing well visible  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others: 'CIRC.178-1965' on verso bottom left, blue ink  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0590214  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.