213VeniceBaltimore Museum of ArtAccession no: 1996.48.12327 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Baltimore Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | George A. Lucas (1824-1909), Paris; acquired by the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1996. |
| Paper size: | 259 x 348 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 200 x 295 mm |
| Note on size: | . |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint touched with gray wash |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | soft grey tone in the water and at the edges of the sky |
| Note on foul biting: | at bottom left and at the top left corner |
| Print note: | there is burr and retroussage on the ships, which gives the impression a very silky look |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'M.I. LUCAS COLLECTION' stamp on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'not catalogued / plate destroyed / only 6 proofs taken - all states - / Venice' on verso; similar inscription on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2310103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.