218The PiazzettaUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann ArborAccession no: 1987/2.41 State: 4/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | Museum purchase made possible by the Alfred E. Pernt Memorial Fund in honor of Dr. of Technical Sciences Max H.J. Pernt and his wife Anna Pernt (née Mueller) |
| Image credit: | Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Bought by the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI, 1987. |
| Paper size: | 317 x 225 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 255 x 181 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian wove |
| Note on the paper: | heavy Japan paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with light plate tone on the sky and slightly heavier tone near the plate edges at left, right and bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Note the appearance of burnishing around the marks in the foreground to the right of centre |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly of 1880/1881 |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '81793' at lower left on recto; 'DTPD' at lower right on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'E x .' (in script) at lower right on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1890322 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.