192The DyerYale University Art GalleryAccession no: 1966.23.2 State: 5/10 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 98160). William Bayard Cutting (1850–1912). The G. Allen Smith Collection, aquired by the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1966. |
| Paper size: | 318 x 241 mm |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very dark rich tone in the water |
| Note on foul biting: | some dots and flecks |
| Print note: | traces of scratch and burnishing, rich effect but no burr, soft. |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly of 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 98160' [?] on verso, '2058' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2190z03 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.