211Long VeniceBritish MuseumAccession no: 1887-10-10-84 State: 8/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Printed by Whistler for Messrs Dowdeswell, London, for publication, 1886; given by Messrs Dowdeswell and Thibadeau to the British Museum, London, 1887. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA52134 |
| Paper size: | 132 x 305 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 126 x 305 mm |
| Note on size: | tab 49-65mm from left |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | n/a |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light tone, delicately wiped, slightly more at the bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | a few dots - a cluster of dots at top, left of centre and a large dot to right of the butterfly |
| Print note: | lovely impression: the lines of the clouds look half irregularly burnished out |
| 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: | pencil butterfly of 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2120505 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.