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Venice

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Given by Whistler to Thomas Child; given to Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911).  

 

Paper size:249 x 352 mm  
Plate mark size:200 x 294 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:'probably destroyed - given to Thos Child - by Whistler - from T. C. to S. P. A.'; 'Plate destroyed' on recto. 'Venice - Plate destroyed by Whistler in Venice after printing 5 or 6 proofs - his save' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2310106  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.