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The Riva

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Accession no: 1941-97-1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Given by Staunton B. Peck to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1941.  

 

Paper size:200 x 295 mm  
Plate mark size:200 x 295 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:'FELLOWS / 1804' (Chicago watermark 119)  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
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:butterfly at lower right verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Chosen Proof-' at lower right verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

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

 

Source of information:Museum records and Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1920337  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.