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Sketch after Cecil Lawson's "Swan and Iris"

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographie
Accession no: Rés EC 123 Folio 3
State: 2/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo courtesy of Bibliothèque nationale de France  
Provenance:  
Additional acq. no:D.2684  

 

Paper size:156 x 91 mm  
Plate mark size:150 x 91 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:various degrees of tone, darker at upper and lower margins  
Note on foul biting:pitting below flower  
Print note:  

 

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:on tab  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:12 mm from left, 7 x 18 mm; butterfly of 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:recto red oval stamp 'B.N. EST' (Lugt 400) / black stamp lower right corner 'D.2684', the latter stamp also verso lower right corner  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2410105  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.