218The PiazzettaMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 59.573.5 State: 4/9 |
| Collection credit: | Bequest of Rudolph F. Shabelitz, 1959 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Bequeathed by Rudolph F. Schabelitz to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1959. |
| Paper size: | 276 x 189 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 255 x 180 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light grey |
| Note on foul biting: | texture and dots |
| Print note: | quite heavy print |
| 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: | 1880/1881 butterfly |
| Collector's mark: | 'ww' in pencil |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '939' (rest of number covered) on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1890313 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.