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The Little Venice

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1893.22
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt 19 June 1893), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1893; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:188 x 264 mm  
Plate mark size:185 x 263 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Appears to be partial Hunting horn in shield, Vander Ley (see Chicago watermark 186)  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Pale overall tone, darker at the plate edges; carefully wiped on the lower quarter of the plate.  
Note on foul biting:A few scattered flecks.  
Print note:  

 

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:butterfly (with inscription on the verso)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'oo / Selected proof / butterfly' at lower right on the verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 52-63 mm from left, height 3 mm; butterfly oon cream laid  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:'1133.' at lower right on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W149' written at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1830104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.