232Upright VeniceBaltimore Museum of ArtAccession no: 1996.48.12308 State: 4/7 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © The Baltimore Museum of Art |
Provenance: | George A. Lucas (1824-1909), Paris; acquired by the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1996. |
Paper size: | 263 x 177 mm |
Plate mark size: | 254 x 177 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | buff |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | 'antique' (pre 1800) laid paper. |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | yes |
Print tone: | carefully wiped tone, some bubbling at top left |
Note on foul biting: | a few tiny 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: | yes |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | butterfly of ca 1886 |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | yes |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | 'M.I. LUCAS COLLECTION' stamp on verso |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K2050206 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.