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The Little Venice

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca
Accession no: 56.392
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Bequest of William P. Chapman, Jr., Class of 1895.  
Image credit:Photo © Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca  
Provenance:J. Alden Weir (1852-1919). Knoedler & Co., New York. William P. Chapman, Jr; bequeathed to Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1957.  

 

Paper size:190 x 263 mm  
Plate mark size:186 x 263 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique'  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:soft light tone, more at bottom, carefully wiped  
Note on foul biting:a few dots  
Print note:  

 

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:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:1888/1890s butterfly; tab 50-60mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'wpc jr' in graphite pencil on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'16596 MK' (?) verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1830114  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.