211Long VeniceHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 49895 State: C/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Dr Frederick Mulder, London; sold to the University of Glasgow, February 1972. |
| Paper size: | 139 x 316 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 127 x 308 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | light-medium weight, brittle and crackly, being heavily sized. It is a western paper but possibly faux-Asian. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | The print tone is uneven, dark-medium. It is more pronounced in the foreground, left and right edges and upper corners. It is wiped most cleanly in the centre. |
| Note on foul biting: | There is minor single pitting particularly along the horizon line and sky. |
| Print note: | There is slight reticulation of ink down the entire left side. In the foreground there are diagonal and downward wipe marks. The paper is creased from printing. |
| 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 'imp' (pencil; below platemark) |
| 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: | '22' on secondary backing sheet on recto at lower right. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2120603 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.