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The Palaces

Brooklyn Museum
Accession no: 57.188.67
State: 5/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Mrs Charles Pratt; given in 1957 to the Brooklyn Museum  

 

Paper size:258 x 357 mm  
Plate mark size:255 x 357 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:fine, laid, light weight  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Arms of Amsterdam  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:yes, more at the bottom  
Note on foul biting:dots - a few scattered  
Print note:slightly restrained  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly (faint)  
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:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab: tab 64-79 from left, 1887 pencil butterfly  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1870z12  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.