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The Venetian Mast

Glasgow Museums
Accession no: PR.1920.6.is

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:John Innes (1859-1929), Glasgow; presented to Glasgow Museums in 1920.  

 

Paper size:341 x 163 (s) mm  
Plate mark size:341 x 163 (s) mm  
Note on size:paper concealed by mount  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:graduated tone, more at top and bottom  
Note on foul biting:only a few dots  
Print note:some vertical scratches in the sky; smudgy area at lower left, burr on figures, laid lines of paper show in heavily inked areas  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly (faint)  
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:tab 32mm from left, 5 x 15mm  

 

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:K1950z19  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.