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The Venetian Mast

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.3.96
State: 6/12

Collection credit:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917.  

 

Paper size:456 x 317 mm  
Plate mark size:338 x 163 mm  
Note on size:rough edge at bottom, straight edge left  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique'  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:'1814'  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light  
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'  
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:pencil butterfly of 1880  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Eo.' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1950508  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.