229The RivaUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann ArborAccession no: 1955/1.125 |
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: | 205 x 296 mm |
Plate mark size: | 201 x 296 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: | S WISE & CO / 1823 with heart (Chicago watermark 320) |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light overall tone with right-left and left-right diagonal wiping marks at the bottom |
Note on foul biting: | |
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: | butterfly 'imp' |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly on tab |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'S / CI' on the verso; another illegible inscription at lower right on the verso; 'Nx ux Net' (Net underlined) |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K1920321 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.