247Sketch after Cecil Lawson's "Swan and Iris"Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographieAccession no: Rés EC 123 Folio 3 State: 2/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo courtesy of Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Provenance: | |
| Additional acq. no: | D.2684 |
| Paper size: | 156 x 91 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 150 x 91 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | various degrees of tone, darker at upper and lower margins |
| Note on foul biting: | pitting below flower |
| 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: | on tab |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 12 mm from left, 7 x 18 mm; butterfly of 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | recto red oval stamp 'B.N. EST' (Lugt 400) / black stamp lower right corner 'D.2684', the latter stamp also verso lower right corner |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2410105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.