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The Little Lagoon

Baltimore Museum of Art
Accession no: 1946.112.5975
State: 4/4

Collection credit:Garrett collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Baltimore Museum of Art  
Provenance:John Work Garrett Collection; given by his sons, Robert and Thomas Harrison Garrett to Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1946.  

 

Paper size:- mm  
Plate mark size:224 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:'japanned'  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:beautiful wiping of tone  
Note on foul biting:very light flecks and dots  
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 'imp' on recto in pencil  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'12 o x' on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:pencil butterfly of 1880; the numbering may be a note of impressions printed  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1860211  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.