207Salute DawnBritish MuseumAccession no: 1887-10-10-87 State: 4/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Printed by Whistler for Messrs Dowdeswell, London, for publication, 1886; given by Messrs Dowdeswell and Thibadeau to the British Museum, London, 1887. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA52138 |
| Paper size: | 131 x 201 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 126 x 201 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | ivory darkened to pale buff, wove, crackly, no chain lines, not partiularly thin for japan |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | delicate graduated tone, darker at bottom, carefully wiped with diagonald and vertical strokes |
| Note on foul biting: | a few dots |
| Print note: | good, slightly pale impression |
| 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: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly of 1886; tab 35-50mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '87' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2150406 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.