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Riva, No. 2

Scottish National Gallery , Edinburgh
Accession no: ENGLISH 881
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Scottish National Gallery  
Image credit:Scottish National Gallery  
Provenance:Printed by F. Salmon, Paris, for Messrs Dowdeswell and Thibaudeau, 1886. Ernest Stephen Lumsden (1883-1968); bought from Mrs E. S. Lumsden by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1949.  
Additional acq. no:P.1740  

 

Paper size:232 x 326 mm  
Plate mark size:206 x 300 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:fine light-weight paper  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light even overall tone, cleaner at the bottom edge  
Note on foul biting:dots, particularly round the figures  
Print note:some vertical scratching at the bottom right edge  

 

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:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:None on sheet; '1st of 2 states' (note by E.S.Lumsden) on board  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2060118  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.