232Upright VeniceArt Gallery of Ontario, TorontoAccession no: 1638 |
Collection credit: | Gift of Sir Edmund Walker Estate, 1926. |
Image credit: | |
Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 37072). |
Paper size: | |
Plate mark size: | 253 x 177 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: | VI countermark |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | fairly even, overall tone, slightly darker at top and bottom |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: | the ink colour is warm black |
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: |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 37072' at lower left on verso; [illegible script, upper case S?]2664 at lower centre on verso |
Misc inscriptions by others: | '171-13' on the tab verso |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K2050302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.