216The Little LagoonBowdoin College Museum of ArtAccession no: 1956.24.169 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 23950). Given by Miss Susan Dwight Bliss (1882-1966), New York, to Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 29 December 1956. |
| Paper size: | 226 x 151 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 226 x 151 mm |
| Note on size: | Height with tab: 8 15/16 ins ( 228mm) |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Considerable in bottom third; wiping marks suggest wavea, light even tone elsewhere. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | The ink is very dark and the foreground gondola is noticeably blacker than the rest. |
| 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 in pencil on verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Selected proof - ' on verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 40-49 mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | Rectangular BCMA stamp in black ink |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 23950' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1860230 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.