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The Venetian Mast

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 1992.2.12

Collection credit:Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Gift of Mr and Mrs Adolph Weil, Jr., in memory of Mr and Mrs Adolph Weil, Sr.  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Adolph Weil, Jr, Montgomery, AL; given to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL, 1992.  

 

Paper size:343 x 164 mm  
Plate mark size:343 x 164 mm  
Other size:419 x 240 mm  
Note on size:Margins were added to the trimmed plate.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Strasbourg Lily (fleur de lis) (Chicago 284)  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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:butterfly on verso in pencil, lower right  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'chosen proof' on verso at lower right:  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K1950514  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.