236TurkeysLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 199 State: 2/2 |
Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1938 |
Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
Provenance: | Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
Paper size: | 203 x 133 mm |
Plate mark size: | 203 x 133 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: | |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | pale overall |
Note on foul biting: | as usual, with many scratches |
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: | signed on verso with butterfly |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | at 26 to 39 mm; height 3 mm; butterfly of 1886 |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | hinged to mount so unable to examine verso; the butterfly on tab is signed over another erased butterfly |
Collector's mark: | |
Dealers' stock nos: | |
Misc inscriptions by others: |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K1990213 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.