189Venetian CourtFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.17 State: 2/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 330 x 240 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 291 x 200 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | The paper colour is probably cream discoloured to buff |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial shield surmounted by fleur de lys (possibly Ven Gelder Zonen) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | With light overall tone, slightly heavier at the bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | Venetian Court' at lower right edge on the recto; 'Venice 1879.' at lower left edge on the verso (possibly by Whistler) |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'B.M.' stamp (B. B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'S 9214' at upper right on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '9 (encircled) B' at centre on the verso; 'D' at lower right on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2300202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.