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Quiet Canal

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 214
State: 4/4

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1938  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance:Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:227 x 152 mm  
Plate mark size:227 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:brown  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian laid  
Note on the paper:the colour is ivory discoloured to brown  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching [and drypoint]  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale tone, darker at bottom and lower right; distinct vertical and diagonal wiping marks; picking at bottom  
Note on foul biting:as usual  
Print note:Kennedy's 4th and 5th states re the same (wear, not deliberate change)  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
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:at 27 to 44 mm; height 8 mm; butterfly of 1886/1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:hinged to mat so verso not examined  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2140512  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.