218The PiazzettaBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 50.230 State: 6/9 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Art Institute of Chicago (duplicate); Knoedler, New York; purchased by L. Aaron Lebowich, Boston; given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, February 1950. |
| Paper size: | 259 x 180 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 254 x 180 mm |
| Note on size: | mfm 260 x 181, 254 x 181 |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid, 'antique' |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | fragment GR |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | moderate tone overall, slightly more at bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A light impression, including the area in the distant arched doorway |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 38-52 mm from left; pencil butterfly of 1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | Art Institute of Chicago Duplicate stamp (Lugt 32b and 702h); MFA (Lugt 282) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Bot from Kn[illegible]' on mat |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1890308 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.