238The Little VeniceFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.179 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 278 x 450 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 186 x 265 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian wove |
| Note on the paper: | This is the same paper used for FGA 1898.378 |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Relatively heavy tone near the corners and side edges of the plate, pale tone elsewhere |
| Note on foul biting: | There are acid droplets and evidence of burnishing on the lower portion of the plate, near the butterfly and below it, and at the upper right centre. |
| Print note: | The ink appears dark brown on this paper. |
| 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: | The inscription was apparently by Frederick Wedmore |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'The Little Venice (W.149) / Trial Proof by Whistler form finished plate, a most perfect impression F.W.' (Frederick Wedmore?) |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1830106 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.