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Turkeys

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 2013.491
State: 1/2

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance:Fine Art Society, London; bought by Peter Lunder, 8 July 2004; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007.  
Additional acq. no:059.2004  

 

Paper size:217 x 134 mm  
Plate mark size:210 x 134 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid, 'antique'  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Pro Patria walled garden (partial)  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:dark tonality in upper right corner, on building, etc., burnished and/or wiped in areas of figure to left, and on ground - tone could be bitten, or ink  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:a good scrapy impression  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
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 1881; 22-40 from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'4'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1990113  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.