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The Little Venice

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1905.179
State: 1/2

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:278 x 450 mm  
Plate mark size:186 x 265 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian wove  
Note on the paper:This is the same paper used for FGA 1898.378  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Relatively heavy tone near the corners and side edges of the plate, pale tone elsewhere  
Note on foul biting:There are acid droplets and evidence of burnishing on the lower portion of the plate, near the butterfly and below it, and at the upper right centre.  
Print note:The ink appears dark brown on this paper.  

 

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:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:The inscription was apparently by Frederick Wedmore  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'The Little Venice (W.149) / Trial Proof by Whistler form finished plate, a most perfect impression F.W.' (Frederick Wedmore?)  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1830106  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.