250St James's ParkMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.133 State: 1/1 |
| Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
| Paper size: | 70 x 98 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 67 x 98 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' (pre 1800); probably darkened, strangely blotchy, when looking through it |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light residual tone, more at right edge |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | OK, but paper is a little dark |
| 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: | tiny, 1887 pencil butterfly, tab 15-24 from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '6' and '30' on verso, the '6' could be Whistler, though it is above centre |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2550105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.