UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

Home > The Catalogue > Impression

Return to previous page

229

The Riva

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Accession no: 1954/1.379
State: 4/4

Collection credit:Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker  
Image credit:Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891), London; possibly sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 March 1892 (lot 249), bought by Frederick Keppel (1845-1912), New York, £3.0.0. Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954.  

 

Paper size:222 x 313 mm  
Plate mark size:201 x 296 mm  
Note on size:small margins  
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:no  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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.' in graphite at lower left on the recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:see inscribed marks  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:pencil butterfly of 1880/1881  
Collector's mark:'JHH' blind stamp (J.H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921); stylized device on the verso (this may be a version of Walter Dowdeswell's mark; see Lugt 799)  
Dealers' stock nos:'C. 14298' at lower centre on verso; '9371' at upper left on verso; 'B538' [crossed out]  
Misc inscriptions by others:'1640/DG BN / 5000.-' (the numbers and letters before 5000 underlined) at lower left on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1920320  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.