229The RivaNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8524 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10588 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone, patches of irregular tone along the plate edges and at lower right |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| Print note: | a more dry, worn impression than NGA 1942.15.9 |
| 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: | yes |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | yes |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 68 to 88mm from left, height 7mm; , butterfly of 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | no |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'C.15941' and 'K. 192 iii' at lower right on verso by Harold Wright, Colnaghi's |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '5.5.0' at lower left on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1920206 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.