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The Venetian Mast

National Gallery of Australia
Accession no: 78.415.10
State: 4/12

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Australia  
Provenance:Listed by E. G. Kennedy, no owner given, 1910. Charles C. Cunningham (1910-1979), Chicago. Acquired through Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara, CA, by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1978.  
Additional acq. no:111725  

 

Paper size:430 x 270 mm  
Plate mark size:340 x 164 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:medium weight, 'antique' laid paper.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:indistinct, circular  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with plate tone  
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:  
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:  
Collector's mark:'CCC' trefoil stamp on verso in brown ink (C.C. Cunningham).  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:initials on the verso, at the upper centre and lower centre in ink in an 18th century hand.  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K1950z05  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.