238The Little VeniceLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 183 State: 2/2 |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1941 |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock nos. a 6341, 55109). Leonard C. Hanna Jr (1889-1957), Cleveland, Ohio. Bought with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Additional acq. no: | U8 W579-183E / 8.96.810.126 |
| Paper size: | 185 x 265 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 185 x 265 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Delicately wiped tone on sea; short, parallel, curving horizontal bands of picking at upper and lower right |
| Note on foul biting: | light flecks are dust or line in the ink of plate tone |
| Print note: | There is a tiny scratch through the gondolier |
| 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: | pencil butterfly of 1880 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LCH' green stamp (L. C. Hanna Jr, Lugt 564) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 6341' (crossed out), 'a 55109', '371.20', all on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | title, Kennedy number and collector information; 'mu-' [or 'mn-' ?] on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1830116 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.