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Zaandam

Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Accession no: 1956.24.172

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Given by Miss Susan Dwight Bliss, NY (1882-1966) to Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1956.  

 

Paper size:130 x 220 mm  
Plate mark size:130 x 220 mm  
Note on size:tab 2mm high  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:clean wiped  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:a good, delicate impression, a little pale at the right and between the two windmills at right  

 

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 dating from the 1890s, 45-55mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4160z02  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.