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The Old Swan Brewery, Chelsea

British Museum
Accession no: 1915-05-08-45
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Acquired by the British Museum, London, 1915.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA50397  

 

Paper size:68 x 98 mm  
Plate mark size:66 x 98 mm  
Note on size:.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:residual tone only  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note: cool delicate impression  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:'butterfly imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of 1888/90  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0980105  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.