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The Little Lagoon

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Accession no: 1954/1.374
State: 1/4

Collection credit:Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker  
Image credit:Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954.  

 

Paper size:342 x 226 mm  
Plate mark size:227 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:The sheet was removed from a book; with stitching holes at right  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:small with crown  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:two prominent acid drops at top centre and three smaller ones to the right and lower right of the gondola.  
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:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'5459' at lower centre on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others: old latin inscription in brown ink on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1860221  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.