219The Venetian MastKupferstichkabinett BerlinAccession no: 456-1882 State: 6/12 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin |
| Provenance: | Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau (ca 1840 - d.1892), London; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1882, as part of a group of 301 prints for £685.7.3. |
| Paper size: | 458 x 312/317 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 340 x 164 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | possibly from old book |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | medium plate tone, in a slightly darker shade at the top and bottom edges |
| Note on foul biting: | granular tone across the boy in the foreground at left, below the open window shutter at far right and near the left margin; fine pitting on the figures in the foreground at left |
| Print note: | thin scratched horizontal lines across the plate; a light area left of the standing man on the right; two sweeps of ink reticulation in the lower right quadrant and three more in the lower left quadrant |
| 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' below platemark, left, in pencil |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'c x.' on recto below platemark, right |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The pencil butterfly dates from 1880 and the notations refer to the selection of etchings for sale and exhibition |
| Collector's mark: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1950510 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.