215Long LagoonArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1938.1897 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Clarence Buckingham Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Royal Collection, Windsor; sold to Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1906; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1906 (stock no. 42047); sold to Clarence L. Buckingham, Chicago, for $380; bequeathed to his sisters; passed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938. |
| Additional acq. no: | 14362 (R 5750 - old acq no) |
| Paper size: | 162 x 227 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 227 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | 'WW' |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with plate tone, particularly in the lower portion of the plate and at the plate edges. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | There appear to be fine drypoint lines on the foremost piles and on the hull of the ship at far right. Prominent plate scratches visible in the sky area. |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | The pencil butterfly dates from 1885/1886. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'VR' crowned, oval stamp (Royal Library, Windsor, Lugt 2535) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 42022' at lower left verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | partial crown device at lower left verso' 'W.160' at lower left verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2030102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.