226The Fish Shop, VeniceNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8553 State: 4/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10617 |
| Paper size: | 135 x 222 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 130 x 222 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | PRO PATRIA |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale overall tone, darker near the edges of the image, particularly on the water at bottom; parallel vertical pands of picking from left to centre |
| Note on foul biting: | considerable throughout |
| Print note: | This is a new state between Kennedy's second and third states; the ink colour is almost black |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly at upper left on shutter (faintly, in outline) and another at lower left |
| 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: | tab 62 to 79 mm from left; butterfly of 1883 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'c.7516' and 'c.15943' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'K218 I-II" (the I-II superscript) at lower centre on the verso by Harold Wright; 'G/G/-' (or script b/b/-) at lower right on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2180103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.