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The Rialto

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 211
State: 2/3

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1941  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 54108). Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:291 x 200 mm  
Plate mark size:291 x 200 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian laid  
Note on the paper:the colour is pinkish ivory  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light, fairly even overall, darker at lowr left corner; with curving horizontal wiping marks; curving horizontal picking  
Note on foul biting:faint traces remain  
Print note:  

 

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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:at 46 to 63 mm; height 9 mm; butterfly of 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'ERJP' in circle (E. R. & J.Pennell, Lugt suppl. 874a)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 54108 / oxx-' (the 'oxx-' erased) at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'The Rialto' at lower centre on verso;' 181' on tab verso; 'ENOxx' (the 'xx' superscript and underlined) at lower right on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2110216  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.