232Upright VeniceLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 205 State: 2/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Robert Hartshorne. Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | 254 x 178 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | heavy weight paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | a little tone, wiped almost clean; fingerprint at lower right corner |
| Note on foul biting: | a blemish at bottom left and a few spots; many scratches at top and centre |
| Print note: | (not the impression illustrated by Kennedy) |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly 'imp.' at lower left near platemark |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly of 1890s |
| Collector's mark: | 'B.M.' stamp (B. B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394); 'RH' stamp (R. Hartshorne, Lugt suppl. 2215b) both on verso; 'T.J.C.' at lower right verso (possibly Thomas Jefferson Coolidge) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'S 9211' (?) at upper right recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '1st proof' at lower centre recto; 'La Salute' (crossed out) at lower right recto; 'This is Upright Venice: / Trial proof.' at lower right recto; title and Kennedy number at lower centre verso; '8' (encircled) at centre verso; '14' at upper right verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2050103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.