178St James's StreetMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.74 State: 4/4 |
| Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 36746). Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
| Paper size: | 453 x 286 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 275 x 151 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | darkened within old mat to buff |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | warm buff tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | looks brown |
| 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: | 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 36746' on recto; 'a…2' rubbed out on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | pencil butterfly, not by Whistler |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1690408 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.