238The Little VeniceNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1949.1.54 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 37051). Given by R. Horace Gallatin to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-15260 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | heavy weight |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | With pale overall tone, darker near the plate edges and corners |
| Note on foul biting: | With acid spots and droplets on the sky at left and on the lower water; evidence of scraping and burnishing at the four corners |
| Print note: | The paper, ink colour and butterfly are characteristic of impressions printed in Venice |
| 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: | tab 72 to 85mm from left; height 8mm; butterfly of 1880/1881 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | large shaded butterfly with printed 'imp.' |
| Collector's mark: | 'RGH' (R. Horace Gallatin, the stamp not in Lugt, but see Lugt 1932d) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 37051' at lower left ; 'C.19910' at lower right; 'D4380' (upside down) at lower left all on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '149' and '4' in circle at lower left on the verso; 'K183 only state / From Sir Frederick Wedmore's collection' at centre on the verso by Harold Wright '£ / v / s' at lower centre and 'Fyo. Ø' at lower right both on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1830118 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.