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Long Venice

Scottish National Gallery , Edinburgh
Accession no: ENGLISH 906
State: 6/8

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.1738  

 

Paper size:150 x 335 mm  
Plate mark size:125 x 306 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japan  
Note on the paper:laid down on card  
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 overall buff tone  
Note on foul biting:small dot to right of butterfly, and more dots at top right  
Print note:very crisp and clear, with the drypoint domes soft; the slightly burnished effect in the sky at right gives an interesting effect.  

 

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:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:none on sheet; 'The Long Venice / Trial impression of last (5th) state / ESL.' (Ernest S. Lumsden) written on board  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2120508  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.