278Furniture ShopColby College Museum of Art, MaineAccession no: 002.2008 State: 1/2 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art |
| Image credit: | Photo © Colby College Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. Charles Pendexter. Bought from Susan Schulman, New York, by Paula and Peter Lunder, 2007; given to Colby College, Maine, 2007. |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | 96 x 163 mm |
| Note on size: | dealer's records |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown ink |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | There is a fingerprint in the ink at the lower right corner of the sheet, on the recto. |
| 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: | Pencil butterfly dating from 1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HHB' stamp (H. H. Benedict, Lugt 2936) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | WEP |
| ID: | K2660001 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
