8Little ArthurBaltimore Museum of ArtAccession no: 1996.48.11632 State: 4/4 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Baltimore Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | George A. Lucas (1824-1909), Paris; acquired by the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1996. |
| Paper size: | 172 x 143 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 59 x 50 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | grey on off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine appliqué on wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone |
| Note on foul biting: | at the edges, and flecks |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly in right margin |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The tiny pencil butterfly dates from the 1890s |
| Collector's mark: | 'M.I. LUCAS COLLECTION' stamp on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'No 13 -' on verso, and '90' encircled |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0090506 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
