199The RialtoMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.112 State: 1/3 |
| Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
| Paper size: | 301 x 202 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 296 x 202 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | dark ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' (pre 1800), light-weight, probably browned |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | crown |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light residual tone |
| Note on foul biting: | lots of marks and acid splashes |
| Print note: | a fine, vivid early proof with many burnishing marks, and earlier drafts of figures still visible between etched figures |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'VENDITA CARNA' on the signboard above the awning on right |
| 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: | a very neat pencil butterfly of 1881, tab 44-68mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'B.M.' stamp on verso (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394); 'HBD' in pencil on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '131' on verso of tab |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2110108 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.