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San Giorgio

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 201
State: 5/5

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1938  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 23953). Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:211 x 306 mm  
Plate mark size:211 x 306 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:with many small inclusions (much debris)  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale tone, darker at sides and bottom  
Note on foul biting:as usual  
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:Pencil butterfly at lower right verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:at 91 to 107 mm; height 5 mm; butterfly of 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 23953 (underlined) / 5i' at lower left verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:title, Kennedy number and state  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2010416  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.