223The PalacesScottish National Gallery , EdinburghAccession no: ENGLISH 869 State: 5/6 |
| Collection credit: | Scottish National Gallery |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Sir Alexander Maitland Bequest to the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1965. |
| Additional acq. no: | P.2675 |
| Paper size: | 252 x 360 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 252 x 360 mm |
| Note on size: | Slightly unevenly cut at left |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | dark ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | darkened |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light tone, slightly more, very soft, in the water |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | There is the texturing on the windows at right but the sky is clear. The bevel (2 mm wide) is visible particularly at the right edge. |
| 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: | n/a |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly of 1887. Tab 93-112 from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1870307 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.