211Long VeniceNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8548 State: 1/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), 1910. Bought on 15 March 1928 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10612 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | 129 x 311 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | residual tone only |
| Note on foul biting: | a patch on the water to the right of the Doge's Palace; scattered flecks; pronounced scraping marks at left and right and at lower centre right |
| Print note: | A fine, clear and bold impression. The faint drypoint lines in the water seem to be related to earlier ideas rather than the current composition |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Venice' (faintly) at lower right |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '5.' [illegible, also looks like cr].' at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab at 62 to 86 mm from left, height 9 mm; butterfly of 1880/1881 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Large shaded butterfly, slightly smudged |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '139' (in semi-circle) at lower right on the verso; '10' at lower centre on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2120102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.