232Upright VeniceNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8539 State: 2/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Reputedly from the collection of Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10603 |
| Paper size: | 403 x 242 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 251 x 177 mm |
| Note on size: | . |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | medium/heavy weight paper, the sheet removed from a book, with a deckle on three sides |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial eagle (not the same as Chicago watermark 114) |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with uneven tone, roughly wiped |
| Note on foul biting: | many vertical scratches on the upper half of the plate; possible acid splashes at lower left |
| Print note: | this is not the impression reproduced by Kennedy; but is a 'working' proof, with a very fine and clear impression of the distant panorama |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'C 27701' at lower left on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '32' at centre on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2050102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.