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Tilbury

Yale Center for British Art
Accession no: B2002.8.1
State: 2/3

Collection credit:Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert N. Whittemore, Yale Class of 1943.  
Image credit:Photo © Yale Center for British Art  
Provenance:Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Given by Robert N. Whittemore (Yale Class of 1943) to the Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2002.  

 

Paper size:84 x 176 mm  
Plate mark size:81 x 176 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:darkened to buff at edges  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Pro Patria (partial)  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone at the bottom, carefully wiped  
Note on foul biting:scatter of dots  
Print note:  

 

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 1887, tab 29-40 mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HM' stamp on verso of tab (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342); 'HW' stamp on verso (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Tilbury. (Naval Review)' on verso; 'Yhxn' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3170106  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.