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.