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San Giorgio

National Gallery of Australia
Accession no: 78.408

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Tracy Dows (1871-1937), New York. 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:111681  

 

Paper size:218 x 304 mm  
Plate mark size:208 x 304 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:light weight  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
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:  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'TD' (encircled) stamp on verso, at lower left, in purple ink (Tracy Dows, b. 1871-?, New York financier).  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'ybx' on verso, at lower left.  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K2010z05  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.