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J. Becquet, Sculptor

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 2/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © New York Public Library  
Provenance: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:326 x 239 mm  
Plate mark size:248 x 192 outside mm  
Other size:241 x 182 inside bevel mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japan  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone, slightly deeper at the edges  
Note on foul biting:at bottom right mostly  
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:butterfly 'Whistler' on recto  
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:butterfly of 1875 in pencil  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'muskets at bottom' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0520201  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.