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Bead Stringers

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
Accession no: 35.1.47
State: 11/11

Collection credit:Bequest of John Barton Payne  
Image credit:Photo Travis Fullerton © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts  
Provenance:Bequest of John Barton Payne to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1935.  

 

Paper size:234 x 152 mm  
Plate mark size:226 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid?  
Note on the paper:fine, light-weight  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:vise mark at corner; warm black or dark brown ink  

 

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:1886 butterfly  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1980817  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.