247Sketch after Cecil Lawson's "Swan and Iris"Colby College Museum of Art, MaineAccession no: 2013.431 State: 5/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Colby College Museum of Art |
| Image credit: | Photo © Colby College Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 17050). C. C. Cunningham. |
| Additional acq. no: | 155.2004 |
| Paper size: | 229 x 158 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 135 x 82 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | slightly darkened under the mount |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | fairly clean wiped, some tone at top, lower left |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | a good impression |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly 'imp' on recto below platemark at lower left. |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Butterfly of 1889/1890s |
| Collector's mark: | 'CCC' in the form of a trefoil (C. C. Cunningham) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 17050' on recto; 'a 26846' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2410z07 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.