238The Little VeniceFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1892.16 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Max Williams Co. (Williams receipt 2 September 1892), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1892; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 195 x 270 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 183 x 265 mm |
| Note on size: | very narrow margins at sides and a small margin at top and bottom |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Arms of Amsterdam |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light, uneven tone, darker near the plate corners |
| Note on foul biting: | There are traces of acid droplets and burnishing on the lower portion of the plate, near the butterfly and below it, and at the upper right centre |
| Print note: | The ink appears dark brown on this paper. |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'P.v.' to right of the butterfly signature |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | butterfly in pencil, dating from 1880/1881 |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W149' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1830107 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.