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The Rialto

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8547
State: 2/3

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-10611  

 

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:Strasbourg Lily  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:fairly even overall tone; slightly heavier at the top, right and bottom; with left-right and right-left diagonal wiping marks  
Note on foul biting:traces of acid spots at the top of the plate, on and to the right of the middle window at right, pale traces of the droplets at lower right  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
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:tab 49 to 65mm from left, height 7mm; butterfly of 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:Stock number(s) erased  
Collector's mark:'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2110208  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.