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The Piazzetta

Pushkin State Museum of the Fine Arts
Accession no: ?- 23615

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Acquired from German or Polish collections by the Pushkin State Museum of the Fine Arts, Moscow, after 1939.  

 

Paper size:252 x 177 mm  
Plate mark size:252 x 177 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light even tone at the bottom.  
Note on foul biting:small patch at top right and bottom left corners.  
Print note:A fine clear print, rich in the tiny distant arch.  

 

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:pencil butterfly on tab  

 

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

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K1890321  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.