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The Piazzetta

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Accession no: M12102
State: 5/9

Collection credit:Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Edwin de T. Bechtel  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Morris Schapiro (1903-1996). Sold by Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY, as a duplicate. Given by Edwin de Turck Bechtel (1880-1957) to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA.  

 

Paper size:262 x 182 mm  
Plate mark size:256 x 180 mm  
Note on size:almost 5mm margin on top, 1-2mm at left; album/book leaf - bottom edge of tab is edge of earlier sheet  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid, 'antique'  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:moderate overall tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:It is quite a rich impression, and appears rather grimy and grainy, which might partly be due to the inking and partly the condition of the paper. The wiping of surface tone is slightly uneven, and bare in the centre.  

 

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:The pencil butterfly dates from 1880/1881; 7mm-55mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:Verso, rectangular stamp of Brooklyn Museum 'DUPLICATE'; circular black stamp bearing two curly initials, 'SN' or 'SM' or 'MS' etc; Schapiro (Lugt 1918 bis)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1890311  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.