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The Venetian Mast

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession no: ?
State: 8/12

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York; sold in 1890 to Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924), Boston; bequeathed to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA, 1924.  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:340 x 163 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:cream darkened to buff  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:even tone at the top, wiped in horizontal at right and radiating lines emphasizing space, at the bottom  
Note on foul biting:small flecks, textured are on the man at right  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly (faint0  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly on verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Specially chosen Proof' on verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 125-136 from left; butterfly of 1888/1890  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:pencil butterfly of 1888/1890  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1950507  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.