218The PiazzettaLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 189 State: 5/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | [Hubbard Collection] |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | Probably Hubbard Collection. Acquired by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | 261 x 183 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 255 x 181 mm |
| Note on size: | with narrow margin at top and thread margins at sides and bottom |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | the paper has many small inclusions (much debris) and the colour is pinkish ivory; the sheet was removed from a book, with red dye along lower tab edge |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | fairly even overall |
| Note on foul biting: | considerable on lower part of plate; with some evidence of scraping/burnishing at lower right |
| Print note: | New state |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| 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: | at 37 to 58 mm; height 5 mm; butterfly of 1880/1881 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'c 616/12' (LC notation?) at lower left verso; '£4.4.0' at lower left verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1890204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.