360Fleur-de-lys PassageLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 289 State: 4/4 |
Collection credit: | Library of Congress purchase, 1937 |
Image credit: | |
Provenance: | Purchased by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
Paper size: | 182 x 81 mm |
Plate mark size: | 182 x 81 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | |
Medium: | etching [and drypoint] |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | some pale tone |
Note on foul biting: | considerable over etched area |
Print note: |
Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'ENTRANCE / TO THE / EX[H]IBITION. / CLOTHES / EXCHANGE' |
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 |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | 'ERJP' in circle (E. R. & J.Pennell, Lugt suppl. 874a) |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | traces of erased inscription (illegible) |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K2890306 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.