33Bibi LalouetteArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1938.1863 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Clarence Buckingham Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891), London; possibly sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 March 1892 (lot 77 / 78), bought by Deprez. Royal Collection, Windsor; sold to Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1906; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1906 (stock no. 41962); sold to Clarence L. Buckingham, Chicago, for $90; acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938. |
| Additional acq. no: | R 5750 |
| Paper size: | 345 x 245 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 222 x 151 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | unidentified |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | While Lochnan describes the print as one of Whistler's 'drypoint' portraits, most of the plate is etched. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1859.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| 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: | 'JHH' blind stamp (J.H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921); 'VR' crowned, oval stamp (Royal Library, Windsor, Lugt 2535); 'CB' (Clarence L. Buckingham, Lugt 497) stamps |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 41962' and ' a 41[illeg]' (erased) at lower left verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0510202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.