235Bead StringersFogg Art Museum, HarvardAccession no: 2005.263 |
| Collection credit: | Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Knoedler & Co., New York (stcok no. mk 33269). Given by Patricia Cornwell to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, 2005. |
| Paper size: | 225 x 150 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 225 x 150 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | modern laid |
| Note on the paper: | cream quite darkened |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | clean wiped |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A crease just to right of centre goes half way up the image. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '37' above the door |
| 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 probably 1886; 6mm height; 39-56mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | a pencil extended triangle on its side (longest side vertical on left) on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'mk 33269' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '?' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1980814 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.