304BuntingYale Center for British ArtAccession no: B2002.8.8 State: 2/2 |  |
| 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: | 175 x 124 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 174 x 124 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone, sensitively wiped, wiped smoothly at top left and in horizontal sweeps to right, with diagonal, vertical and horizontal strokes across the lower plate. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| 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: | '(8)' and a tiny semicircle on verso, possibly by Whistler |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly of 1887, tab 25-33mm 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: | ' # ' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3240105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.