196The Little MastBibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographieAccession no: Rés EC 123 Folio 2 State: 6/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo courtesy of Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Provenance: | Atherton Curtis (1863-1944), Paris (no. 4903); given in 1943 to the Cabinet des estampes, Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Additional acq. no: | D.07374 |
| Paper size: | 269 x 183 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 266 x 183 mm |
| Note on size: | paper size includes tab |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid Japan |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light even warm tone |
| Note on foul biting: | fine granular tone, pitting across figures and on wall to right, scattered pitting across building on left |
| 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: | on tab |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 32 mm from left, 3 x 10 mm; butterfly of 1888/1890s |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | recto red oval stamp 'B.N. EST' (Lugt 400); black stamp lower right corner 'D.07374' |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'SK 1446' on verso lower right corner; '5500' (?) |
| Misc inscriptions by others: |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1850305 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.