181ChelseaYale Center for British ArtAccession no: B2000.5.7 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale College 1960. |
| Image credit: | Photo © Yale Center for British Art |
| Provenance: | Given by Janet and James Sale to the Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000. |
| Paper size: | 243 x 325 mm |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Other size: | 131 x 198 image mm |
| Note on size: | roughly torn and uneven at the bottom |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | darkened at the edges, card-like weight |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light even tone |
| Note on foul biting: | some dots |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Under the platemark are the printed inscriptions 'CHELSEA', 'VIRTUE' etc |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1820z30 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
