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Little Dordrecht

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.3.130
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917.  

 

Paper size:101 x 133 mm  
Plate mark size:94 x 132 mm  
Other size:101 x 133 mm  
Note on size:slightly unevenly cut at top left  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:medium even tone, looking slightly brown on that paper  
Note on foul biting:texture and foul biting particularly at bottom left  
Print note:  

 

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:32-46mm from left; butterfly not by Whistler  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'lyi. 295-10' on verso  

 

Source of information:mfm  
ID:K2430106  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.