450The PierrotBirmingham Museum and Art GalleryAccession no: P36'72 State: 5/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery |
| Provenance: | Rosalind Birnie Philip, sold for £50 to P. and D. Colnaghi, London, April 1932, sold to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, August 1972, for £712.50. |
| Paper size: | 231 x 161 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 228 x 161 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | light/medium weight, sized |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no (although museum records mention a fragmentary watermark, neither JM or Tessa Sidey able to see this) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | There is a medium print tone that is more pronounced in the foreground and around the figure in the doorway and upper corners where wipe marks are evident. |
| Note on foul biting: | There is foul biting at the edges and pitting throughout, with scrim marks in the water and around the edges. |
| Print note: | The etched lines have broken down in the upper third of the etching. There is slight reticulation of ink at the upper left and lower left corners. |
| 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: | '1889' On verso, at lower right, |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | butterfly, dated 1889/90; tab 3 x 11 mm, 112 mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'C 21148' and '152' (encircled) at lower right |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '36'72'; at lower right, 'K407 III-IV' on verso, at lower left; '1' on verso, at upper left |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K4070305 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.