207Salute DawnScottish National Gallery , EdinburghAccession no: ENGLISH 904 State: 4/4 |
| Collection credit: | Scottish National Gallery |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Presented by Mrs Thomas Barclay to the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1911. |
| Additional acq. no: | P. 126 |
| Paper size: | 133 x 202 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 125 x 202 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | browned |
| 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 overall tone wiped off at the edge at right |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | printed by Whistler; there is a very slight flecked or fibrous texture, barely visible, and possibly coming from the paper; it does not look as crisp as the print by Salmon, which is more yellowy (K2150z01) where this is more warm in colour |
| 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 42-59 mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2150412 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.