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The Piazzetta

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1942.15.7

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Given by Mr and Mrs J. Watson Webb to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, memory of Mr and Mrs H. O. Havemeyer, 1942.  
Additional acq. no:B-2443  

 

Paper size:263 x 181 mm  
Plate mark size:257 x 181 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:WW countermark  
Medium:etching [and drypoint]  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with light tone on the foreground pavement  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks, with some more regular foul biting on the lower wall of the building at the right  
Print note:horizontal and diagonal scratches among the clouds print clearly; the only possible drypoint lines are on the doorway beneath the clock  

 

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:'Whistler' (upside down) at lower left on the verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:44-62mm from left; butterfly of 1886/1887  

 

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

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1890601  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.