238The Little VeniceFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1894.40 State: C/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1894; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 268 x 396 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 185 x 264 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint cancellation |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Relatively heavy tone, with darker patches near the plate corners. |
| 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: | 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: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W149' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1830201 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.