218The PiazzettaArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1927.5959 State: 6/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Charles Deering Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Charles Deering (1852-1927), Chicago; given by his heirs to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1927. |
| Paper size: | 259 x 181 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 254 x 181 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with very light plate tone at the bottom of the image |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | lines shading the archway of the clocktower are possibly reinforced with tonal medium (lavis? open bite?) |
| 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: | The pencil butterfly dates from 1887. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | Charles (C. Deering, L. 516)) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | illegible erased price code |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1890302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.