61FinetteColby College Museum of Art, MaineAccession no: 2013.346 State: 6/14 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art |
| Image credit: | Photo © Colby College Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | E. G. Kennedy, New York. George W. Vanderbilt [per Boerner]. C. G. Boerner, New York; bought from Artemis, New York, by Peter and Paula Lunder, 11 October 2001; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007. |
| Additional acq. no: | 003.2002 |
| Paper size: | 386 x 263 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 289 x 200 mm |
| Note on size: | broad margin |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | very obvious fibres in paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | nearly clean wiped |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Lustrous, superb impression with rich burr in warm black. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1859.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | see inscriptions |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st. State - perfect proof' and butterfly, on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The etched date is very faint. The pencil butterfly dates from the 1890s |
| Collector's mark: | 'EGK' stamp (Kennedy, L.857) twice |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '[Arthur?] coll' and '85' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0580304 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.