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The Little Venice

National Gallery of Australia
Accession no: 78.415.1
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Dr Heinrich Stinnes (d. 1932), Cologne. Charles C. Cunningham (1910-1979), Chicago. Acquired through Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara, CA, by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1978.  
Additional acq. no:111707  

 

Paper size:194 x 266 mm  
Plate mark size:186 x 266 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:medium weight, 'antique' laid paper.  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
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:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp'  
Note on the tab:butterfly of 1886/1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'CCC' trefoil stamp on verso in brown ink (C.C. Cunningham, not in Lugt); 'HS' stamp in purple ink at lower right centre (H. Stinnes, Lugt 1376 A); Initials (unidentified) on verso, in brown ink.  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:French: (indistinct) on verso, at lower left.  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K1830132  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.