235Bead StringersVirginia Museum of Fine Arts, RichmondAccession no: 35.1.47 State: 11/11 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bequest of John Barton Payne |
| Image credit: | Photo Travis Fullerton © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts |
| Provenance: | Bequest of John Barton Payne to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1935. |
| Paper size: | 234 x 152 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 226 x 152 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid? |
| Note on the paper: | fine, light-weight |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | vise mark at corner; warm black or dark brown ink |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '37' above the door |
| 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: | 1886 butterfly |
| 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: | K1980817 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.