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The Rialto

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1942.15.28
State: 2/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Given by Mr and Mrs J. Watson Webb to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, memory of Mr and Mrs H. O. Havemeyer, 1942.  
Additional acq. no:B-2464  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:WW countermark  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light overall tone, slightly heavier along the side edges at the bottom  
Note on foul biting:traces of acid spots at the top of the plate, on and to the right of the middle window at right, pale traces of the droplets at lower right  
Print note:Quite a warm glow from this combination of paper and ink.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'VENDITA CARNA' on the signboard above the awning on right  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:'Whistler' (upside down) at lower left on the verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 51 to 68mm from left, height 7mm; butterfly of 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Ex' (upside down) or 'x3' at lower right on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2110214  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.