196The Little MastMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.87 State: 2/8 |
| Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 1706). Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
| Paper size: | 318 x 225 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 266 x 186 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | possibly japan, slightly lustrous |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | lovely light drypoint |
| 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 'imp' |
| 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: | pencil butterfly of 1880 |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 1706' on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Museum records |
| ID: | K1850109 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.