215Long LagoonHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 49888 State: C/2 |
Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
Provenance: | Dr Frederick Mulder, London; sold to the University of Glasgow, February 1972. |
Paper size: | 170 x 227 mm |
Plate mark size: | 161 x 227 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | light-medium weight. It is a smooth, regular western paper, possibly faux-Asian. |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | There is a medium uneven print tone that is darker at the corners and in the foreground. |
Note on foul biting: | There is minor pitting around the horizon line. |
Print note: | There is reticulation of ink in the foreground, and also vertical wipe marks in the foreground. |
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: | 9 x 22 mm, 52 mm from left; butterfly of 1886/1887 |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | At lower right corner of mounting paper,: '9'. |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K2030302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.