218The PiazzettaFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1897.52 State: 5/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Arthur Tooth and Sons, (Tooth receipt, 2 December 1897), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1897; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 269 x 207 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 252 x 181 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | The sheet edges are darkened almost to buff |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial Fleur de lis |
| Medium: | etching (and drypoint) |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light plate tone, slightly darker at the upper plate edge and at the bottom of the image |
| Note on foul biting: | foul biting near the plate corners, with traces of acid droplets and other plate surface disturbances near the lower right corner; scratches at the top of the plate remain visible |
| Print note: | The only possible drypoint appears to be on the archway under the clock; note, however, that in Kennedy's second state, there are two small patches of right-left diagonal shading on the left side of the column, above the butterfly signature--they are not present in the this impression of the third state |
| 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 'imp' in the lower right margin |
| 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: | medium-large shaded butterfly |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '2125' at lower centre on verso; '24.33' in blue at lower right on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W155 The Piazetta 1st State (State underlined)' at lower centre on the verso and 'Formerly in White frame' at lower right on the verso, both by C.L. Freer; 'The Piazetta' at lower centre on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1890304 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.