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Shipping at Liverpool

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 2/2

Collection credit:S. P. Avery Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations  
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:308 x 199 mm  
Plate mark size:229 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:browned 'antique' laid paper  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:grey tone overall  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:strong burr  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. / 1867.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly and 'Whistler -' on recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Liverpool -' on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:ca 1876 butterfly  
Collector's mark:'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:old pen writing on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0940201  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.