214San GiorgioBritish MuseumAccession no: 1887-10-10-69 State: 5/5 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
Provenance: | Printed by Whistler for Messrs Dowdeswell, London, for publication, 1886; given by Messrs Dowdeswell and Thibadeau to the British Museum, London, 1887. |
Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA52113 |
Paper size: | 315 x 301 mm |
Plate mark size: | 208 x 301 mm |
Note on size: | tab 89-108 from left |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid? |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | n/a |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light tone at the top deeply at bottom edges, carefully wiped in radiating sweeps down and outwards in water |
Note on foul biting: | dots, plus marks at the bottom |
Print note: | good, light impression, not too heavy - the ship looks quite delicate and does San Giorgio |
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: | pencil butterfly of 1886 |
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 and museum records |
ID: | K2010405 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.