230Riva, No. 2National Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8541 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bought on 14 January 1928 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10605 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | the paper colour is ivory discoloured to buff |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with pale graduated tone, slightly darker at left and bottom; with many left to right and right to left diagonal wiping marks |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| Print note: | some of the fine drypoint shading, visible on 1942.15.23, has worn away and other lines are quite faint |
| 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 74 to 89mm from left, height 5mm; butterfly of 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '11544.' at lower left and '(DD774)' at lower right on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'UXV' at lower right on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2060117 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.