239The SmithyNational Gallery of AustraliaAccession no: 78.499 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Charles C. Cunningham (1910-1979), Chicago. Acquired through Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara, CA, by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1978. |
| Additional acq. no: | 111897 |
| Paper size: | 182 x 226 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 176 x 226 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | light weight 'antique' laid paper with an undecipherable circular manufacturer's drystamp at the lower left centre. |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | with burnishing |
| 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: | |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'CCC' trefoil stamp, on verso, at upper left, in brown ink (C.C. Cunningham). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'C 34647' on verso, at lower right |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'k240' on verso, at lower left; at lower centre: 'The Smithy…149'; at lower right, '1978.499'; '103' (encircled) at lower right |
| Source of information: | Museum records |
| ID: | K2400z03 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.