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Riva, No. 2

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Accession no: 1954/1.389
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker  
Image credit:Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Royal Collection, Windsor; sold to Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1906; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1906 (stock no. 42025); sold to Obach & Co., London, 1906. Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954.  

 

Paper size:217 x 307 mm  
Plate mark size:208 x 307 mm  
Note on size:there is a narrow margin at the top  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Strasbourg Lily / WR  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Uneven plate tone, mostly at the bottom of the plate.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:warm black ink  

 

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:butterfly 'imp.' in graphite on the verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly on tab; butterfly of 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:pencil butterfly of about 1886/1887; there is an arched line over the period (full stop) after 'imp' by the verso butterfly signature  
Collector's mark:crown symbol, pencil (possibly denoting Royal collection, Lugt 2921h)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2060121  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.