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The Little Venice

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8516
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 61901). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10580  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
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:With considerable plate tone, heaviest at the bottom, with three medium dark patches in the sky.  
Note on foul biting:Scattered flecks.  
Print note:Warm black ink.  

 

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:butterfly at lower right on the verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Selected proof' / butterfly at lower right on the verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 49 to 62mm from left; height 3mm; butterfly of 1888/1890s  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 61901' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1830133  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.