141The Little Forge, LiverpoolHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46779 State: 5/16 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Vanderbilt Collection. Bought by the University of Glasgow at auction, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 15 May 1974, for £399. |
| Paper size: | 332 x 182 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 225 x 149 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | posthorn in crowned shield |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | general plate tone, more tone in the dark areas at top right |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | burr |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly 'imp.' (pencil; below platemark, left of centre, where tab normally is) |
| 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: | Pencil butterfly of ca 1886. |
| Collector's mark: | round blindstamp at bottom left of platemark, illegible |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'A.66605' on verso, bottom centre |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W.W.' in pen (brown ink) bottom right upside down two lines of Latin: 'formationis memoria quomodo celebratur in [via epistola indita Fpg reformationis spertant...?] / p. 407 / p. 807 / & 243' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1470303 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.