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The Little Venice

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession no: ?
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York; sold on 12 June 1889 to John L. Gardner, Boston, $42 (recipts, ISG Museum); Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924), Boston; bequeathed to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA, 1924.  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:184 x 265 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:lightweight  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light graduated tone, slightly darker at the bottom, carefully wiped, with slightly radiating lines at the bottom  
Note on foul biting:flecks  
Print note:good clear and atmospheric 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:tab 68-78mm from left; pencil butterfly of 1888/1889  

 

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

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1830115  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.