14Street at SaverneNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 3/4 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © New York Public Library |
Provenance: | Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; acquired by the New York Public Library, S. P. Avery Collection. |
Paper size: | 340 x 259 mm |
Plate mark size: | 207 x 158 mm |
Other size: | 205 x 157 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | grey/blue on off white |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine appliqué on wove |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light overall tone, wiped clean on the light and on the building opposite. |
Note on foul biting: | some at bottom, some graininess in the sky and at the edges; scrim effect at left. |
Print note: | strange scrim or vertical wiping under the lines of the sky giving it a fuzzy effect. |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques.' (faint) |
Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler-' and butterfly of 1874/1875 |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
Note on the tab: |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | 'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0190426 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.