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Venice

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1984.14.1
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore, Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. R. L. Mayer. Purchased from the Julius L. and Anita Zelman Fund for the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1984.  

 

Paper size:200 x 297 mm  
Plate mark size:200 x 295 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:Many additions in grey ink and brush, including shading on the sail at left, on the Salute at centre, the clouds, the gondolas and shading on the water  
Print tone:fairly even, overall tone  
Note on foul biting:small patches at upper and lower left corners  
Print note:It is difficult to be certain of the medium due to the blurred impression, but it appears to be pure etching. It appears grey, but the dome of the Salute looks dark and solid  

 

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:butterfly in grey ink at lower right  
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:'HHB' stamp (Henry Harper Benedict, Lugt 2936); 'HW' (Harris G. Whittemore, Lugt 1384a); 'R.L. MAYER' (red stamp; not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2310104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.