179Custom HouseBaltimore Museum of ArtAccession no: 1996.48.11675 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Baltimore Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | George A. Lucas (1824-1909), Paris; acquired by the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1996. |
| Paper size: | 194 x 300 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 84 x 188 mm |
| Note on size: | uneven edge at top |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' (pre 1800) laid paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light, even overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | light foul biting at top left and bottom right |
| Print note: | a good clear impression; a few diagonal scratches at upper left, and more faintly at upper right |
| 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 'imp' below platemark |
| 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: | pencil butterfly of 1878/1881 |
| Collector's mark: | 'M.I. LUCAS COLLECTION' stamp on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | old writing on verso starting 'Halicum anare supt: 20.1 (?)'; '29' encircled on verso; '128' in pen on recto, 'A Riverside Sketch' rubbed out on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1500104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.