219The Venetian MastPrivate collectionAccession no: - State: 7/12 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo Whistler Etchings Project |
| Provenance: | Charles C. Cunningham (1910-1979), Chicago. Acquired by the present owner from Agnew's, London, 1986. |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian |
| Note on the paper: | simili japan or japan vellum |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light overall tone, with more soft tone at the bottom. |
| Note on foul biting: | There is texture on the boy's coat |
| Print note: | A good early impression, with scratches in the sky; there seems to be more grey at left. |
| 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: | pencil butterfly dates from 1880/1881 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'CCC' trefoil stamp on verso in brown ink (C.C. Cunningham). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '913073 MNON' at lower centre verso; '5 42946' (crossed out) and 'c 33285' at lower right verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'K.195 v' at lower centre verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project, owner's records |
| ID: | K1950614 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.