UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

Home > The Catalogue > Impression

Return to previous page

237

San Biagio

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1942.15.14
State: 6/17

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by Mrs H. O. Havemeyer, 1910; given by Mr and Mrs J. Watson Webb to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, memory of Mr and Mrs H. O. Havemeyer, 1942.  
Additional acq. no:B-2450?  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
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:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with light tone on the top of the plate and heavier tone - with some overinked blobs- on the water at the bottom  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks; light patches on the lower window at the left and the wall at upper right of the archway  
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 (upside down) at lower left on verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 59 to 79mm from left, height 7mm; butterfly of 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:pencil butterfly of 1886 on verso  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1970504  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.