439Black EagleLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 312 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Source unknown |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | Sold by Whistler on 6 April 1891 to H. Wunderlich and Co., New York; Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Acquired by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | 63 x 43 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 63 x 43 mm |
| 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: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Residual |
| Note on foul biting: | Patch at lower left corner and granular patches across image |
| Print note: | This is the impression illustrated by Kennedy |
| 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: | at 7 to 15 mm; h 2 mm, Pencil butterfly dating from 1887. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HM' stamp and 'HM' in graphite (Howard Mansfield, Lugt 1324); 'HW' stamp (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 19707' at lower left verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3120103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.