166Price's Candle FactoryMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.71 State: 9/13 |
Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | S. G. Cercha (b. 1867), New York. Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
Paper size: | 154 x 226 mm |
Plate mark size: | 148 x 226 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | dark ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian |
Note on the paper: | 'laid', no chain marks |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | very light tone |
Note on foul biting: | |
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: | no |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly of 1886 tab 72-86 from left |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | 'E / E' on verso? |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
Source of information: | Museum records |
ID: | K1540302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.