14Street at SaverneNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 1/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © New York Public Library |
| Provenance: | Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911). |
| Paper size: | 285 x 226 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 206 x 157 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | texture like a light knobbly grain |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone overall, wiped clean on the rays of the lamp. Very smooth and liquid, vertical wiping is visible at right on the building. |
| Note on foul biting: | A little at the bottom edge |
| Print note: | Very good and interesting impression; the tone gives the sky a misty look. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler-' and butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Saverne -' on recto; '2.' possibly by Whistler, written to left of the butterfly. |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly of 1874 |
| Collector's mark: | 'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp on recto |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Before change in sky' at bottom, ' 11¹ ' at top left in unknown hand |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0190201 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.