179Custom HouseBritish MuseumAccession no: 1929-12-14-4 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Arthur Haythorne Studd (1863-1919), London; bequeathed to the British Museum, London, 1929. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA50506 |
| Paper size: | 88 x 187 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 83 x 187 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light even tone |
| Note on foul biting: | very light texture and speckling is visible |
| Print note: | light, fine line, delicate print with clear draughtsmanship |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil b'fly of 1885/1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1500105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.