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The Riva

British Museum
Accession no: 1931-07-21-45
State: 4/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Hans Velten (1857?-1930); bequeathed to the British Museum, London, 1931.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA50914  

 

Paper size:200 x 297 mm  
Plate mark size:198 x 295 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:broad spaced laid lines  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone, dark at edges  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:very clear clean print, although the nets are rather pale  

 

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; tab 47-58 mm from left  

 

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

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1920308  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.