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211

Long Venice

Boston Public Library
Accession no: ?
State: 6/8

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Lee M. Friedman Estate, his estate to Boston Public Library, MA, 1958  

 

Paper size:126 x 302 mm  
Plate mark size:122 x 302 mm  
Note on size:tab has been attached later  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:dark cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):modern laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:clean wiped, glowing effect  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:looks fishy?  

 

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:the pencil butterfly is not by Whistler, later attachment  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'BPL /MB' (Merrill Bequest) scroll stamp on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Lee M. Friedman Estate 10-27-58' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2120407  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.