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454

The Square House, Amsterdam

British Museum
Accession no: 1980-11-08-11
State: 6/7

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Royal Collection. Charles C. Cunningham. Thomas Agnew & Sons, London; sold to the British Museum, London, 1980.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA52167  

 

Paper size:232 x 175 mm  
Plate mark size:230 x 175 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:possibly browned, thin  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
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:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 29-38mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:Small crown, possibly Royal Collection, in pencil. Trefoil stamp (Cunningham).  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K4040106  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.