60VenusColby College Museum of Art, MaineAccession no: 2013.493 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art |
| Image credit: | Photo © Colby College Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Private collection, UK; Fine Art Society, London; bought by Peter Lunder, 8 July 2004; Peter and Paula Lunder; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007. |
| Additional acq. no: | 159.2004 |
| Paper size: | 205 x 294 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 227 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | modern laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | J COLES / 1844 (not positive, but seems right) [Fine Art Society invoice cites as 1811] |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | clean wiped |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| 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: | butterfly on recto below plate at left |
| 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: | pencil butterfly of 1890s |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '21438' ['21838'?] on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '8', 'H / MA / OH' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0590213 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.