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The Piazzetta

National Gallery of Australia
Accession no: 78.415.12
State: 9/9

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Charles Deering (1852-1927), Chicago; the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Charles Deering Collection, 1927. 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:111729  

 

Paper size:258 x 180 mm  
Plate mark size:253 x 180 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:indistinct partial watermark along right edge  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print 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:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'CD' in blue ink at centre (Charles Deering, Lugt 516); 'CCC' trefoil stamp on verso in brown ink (C.C. Cunningham).  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K1890z04  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.