154Little SmithfieldNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 1/1 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911). |
| Paper size: | 229 x 171 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 134 x 97 mm |
| Note on size: | rough edge at top |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid paper. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | 'VI' (?) |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light residual tone |
| Note on foul biting: | dots all over |
| Print note: | warm black |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly at lower left on image, possibly added in another hand |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Little Smithfield -' on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The pencil butterfly is very large and out of proportion to the rest of the sheet and is of the 1879/1880 type. |
| Collector's mark: | 'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp on recto |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '78' at top left; old pen writing has been washed out at bottom left on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1600101 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.