60VenusFitzwilliam Museum, CambridgeAccession no: P.281-1954 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK |
| Provenance: | Given by Guy John Fenton Knowles (1879-1959) to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1954. |
| Paper size: | 179 x 261 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 225 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | n/a |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light |
| Note on foul biting: | a little at the edge and lower right |
| Print note: | good impression in warm black ink |
| 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: | no |
| 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: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Whistler Venus' on recto |
| Source of information: | Museum records |
| ID: | K0590205 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.