219The Venetian MastFrick CollectionAccession no: 1915.3.52 State: 7/12 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Frick Collection |
| Provenance: | Henry Clay Frick Bequest to The Frick Collection, New York, 1915. |
| Paper size: | 343 x 164 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 346 x 167 mm |
| Note on size: | pencil butterfly of 1880 |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light overall tone, more at top |
| Note on foul biting: | down the left edge and upper right of building; texture on the boy at left and man at right |
| Print note: | A fine clear impression. There is a clean burnished area around the man on the right; the texture at left looks painted on or cleaned off: possibly cloth texture on a soft ground |
| 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: |
| 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: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1950z06 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.