238The Little VeniceFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1893.22 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt 19 June 1893), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1893; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 188 x 264 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 185 x 263 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Appears to be partial Hunting horn in shield, Vander Ley (see Chicago watermark 186) |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Pale overall tone, darker at the plate edges; carefully wiped on the lower quarter of the plate. |
| Note on foul biting: | A few scattered flecks. |
| 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: | butterfly (with inscription on the verso) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'oo / Selected proof / butterfly' at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 52-63 mm from left, height 3 mm; butterfly oon cream laid |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '1133.' at lower right on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W149' written at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1830104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.