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The Little Lagoon

National Gallery of Australia
Accession no: 78.415.8
State: 4/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Emma Regina Martin (ca 1877-1965). Charles C. Cunningham (1910-1979), Chicago. Acquired through Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara, CA, by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1978.  
Additional acq. no:111721  

 

Paper size:229 x 150 mm  
Plate mark size:226 x 150 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:light weight, 'antique' laid paper.  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:shield with thistle  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:with plate tone  
Note on foul biting:  
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:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:1890s butterfly  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'ERM' on verso of tab in pencil (E. R. Martin); 'CCC' trefoil stamp at lower left in brown ink (C.C. Cunningham, not in Lugt).  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K1860z09  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.