229The RivaIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, BostonAccession no: ? |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York; sold in 1890 to Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924), Boston; bequeathed to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA, 1924. |
| Paper size: | 202 x 295 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 199 x 295 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: | 'IV' |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | slightly yellowy, even, residual tone |
| Note on foul biting: | small dots |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly of ca 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1920311 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.