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The Rialto

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1946.21.374
State: 2/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 7607, 48775). Given by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia, to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1946.  
Additional acq. no:B-14017  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:slightly browned  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:WW countermark  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:traces of pale tone near the bottom of the plate  
Note on foul biting:traces of acid spots at the top of the plate, on and to the right of the middle window at right, pale traces of the droplets at lower right  
Print note:most drypoint shading, visible on 1943.3.8546, is badly worn and very faint  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'VENDITA CARNA' on the signboard above the awning on right  
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:tab 40 to 58mm from left, height 7mm; butterfly of 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 48775' ; '6307' (erased) ; 'a 7607' (crossed out), all at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K211 ii' and 'W181' on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2110104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.