232Upright VeniceNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8540 State: 4/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10604 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | partial [Strasbourg Band?] / LVG |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with light tone, slightly darker near the bottom, with light horizontal and vertical wiping marks |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks; the scratches visible in state one have been removed or worn away |
| Print note: | warm black ink, looking brown in tone; the fine vertical drypoint shading along the hull of the central moored boat is much weaker in the impression than 1942.15.22 |
| 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.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 29 to 47mm from left, height 8mm; butterfly of 1885/1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'K 6761' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'JC. 16026 / K.205iv' at lower right on the verso by Harold Wright |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2050213 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.