446Balcony, AmsterdamBritish MuseumAccession no: 1980-03-22-23 State: 4/4 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Christopher Mendez (est. 1965), London; acquired by exchange by the British Museum, London, 1980. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA52169 |
| Paper size: | 272 x 166/168 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 270 x 168 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | n/a |
| Note on the paper: | browned |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | residual tone; stripes of tone along left and right margins |
| Note on foul biting: | fine loose pitting on woman in doorway and figures on balcony; a few pits on framing façades; minor foul biting lower left corner |
| Print note: |
| 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: | |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 35-46 mm mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K4050304 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
