211Long VeniceSterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MAAccession no: 1968.8 State: 7/8 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA |
Provenance: | Acquired from Kennedy Galleries, New York, by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, ca 1968. |
Paper size: | 135 x 307 mm |
Plate mark size: | 127 x 307 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: | fleur de lys |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | pale overall tone, wiped with diagonal strokes \\\ |
Note on foul biting: | tiny dots, foul biting at top left of centre |
Print note: | Very good light impression, with lovely drypoint effect in distance; some scratches |
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: | Butterfly |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | tab 55-72 mm from left, pencil butterfly of 1886 |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K2120510 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.