140Speke HallNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 1/2 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; acquired by the New York Public Library, S. P. Avery Collection. |
| Paper size: | 210-216 x 325 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 176 x 303 mm |
| Note on size: | very rough edges |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | series of curved lines in graphite below shrubbery and [edge of drive] at left appear to be the beginnings of a figure |
| Print tone: | very light tone, residual |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | fresh drypoint printed with burr; some soft and grainy effects in window that do not look like burr |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | pencil butterfly on image |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st proof -' on recto by Whistler; 'Speke Hall - Whistler - 1875' in pen on recto, possibly by Whistler |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly of ca 1875 |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '1875' beside pencil butterfly (on image) |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1430104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.