307TroopshipsBibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographieAccession no: Rés EC 123 Folio 3 State: 1/2 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo courtesy of Bibliothèque nationale de France |
Provenance: | Atherton Curtis, Paris (no. 4937); given in 1943 to the Cabinet des estampes, Bibliothèque nationale de France |
Additional acq. no: | D.07374 |
Paper size: | 130 x 174 mm |
Plate mark size: | 126 x 173 mm |
Note on size: | paper size includes tab |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | n/a |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light even plate tone, slightly darker in lower left corner |
Note on foul biting: | a few pits |
Print note: | horizontal, 30mm long crease on right below ship |
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: | on tab |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | 54 mm from left, 4 x 12 mm; butterfly of 1887 |
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.07374' |
Dealers' stock nos: | |
Misc inscriptions by others: | inaccessible inscription verso lower left corner |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K3190207 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.