219The Venetian MastNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8529 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bought on 13 February 1928 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10593 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Strasbourg lily / FI (script) (Chicago watermarks 284 and 285) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very pale plate tone at the top and bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | light, granular foul biting over the boy at lower left, man at lower right and on the upper buildings at left and right, plus new foul biting from the figure group at lower left to the dark shaded building at right, some directional pitting over the right most seated woman |
| 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: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 33 to 44 mm from left, height 3mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '195' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1950607 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.