232Upright VeniceFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.187 State: 4/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 253 x 178 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 253 x 178 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | backed with fine Asian laid paper ? (see MS notes) |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Pro Patria? |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | With tone, slightly heavier at the top and bottom of the plate. |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered flecks. |
| 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: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' (the . Underlined) |
| Note on the tab: | tab 40-58 mm from left, height 10 mm, butterfly of ca 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | This appears to be a discarded proof, salvaged by Way; |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W172 Finished State - From T Way June/05' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer; '6' at lower left on the verso (on the backing sheet). |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2050204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.