237San BiagioFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1906.238 State: 3/17 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Royal Collection, Windsor; Obach & Co., London; bought from Obach's (receipt, 22 September 1906), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1906; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 217 x 307 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 207 x 304 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | hunting horn (Chicago watermark 182) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with considerable plate tone over the water at bottom and at the upper left corner; light, even tone elsewhere |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks and small patches |
| 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: | 44 to 66 mm; unusually tall tab; butterfly of 1885/1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | medium unshaded butterfly |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | crown symbol |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W163 San Biagio / Obach and Co Oct/06' at lower left on the verso and 'From the Queens [sic] Collection' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1970302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.