457The MillPrivate collectionAccession no: - State: 6/6 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Emma Regina Martin (ca 1877-1965). Charles C. Cunningham (1910-1979), Chicago. Bought from Robert M. Light & Co., Inc., Santa Barbara, CA, by Anita and Julius L. Zelman, 1982; bought by a private collector, 2008. |
| Paper size: | 162 x 240 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 160 x 240 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light |
| Note on foul biting: | at the bottom |
| Print note: | soft, fairly even, rubbed down shading in drypoint, obvious bevel on plate, with the top of the bevel barely inked |
| 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: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'E R M' stamp twice on verso; trefoil stamp (Cunningham). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project, owner's records |
| ID: | K4130506 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.