55The Lime-BurnerArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1934.580 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife. Bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934. |
| Additional acq. no: | R 533 |
| Paper size: | 304 x 233 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 257 x 177 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: | Fleur-de-lys |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with some plate tone on the wood of the entryway. |
| Note on foul biting: | Foul biting has been burnished out near the lower plate edge; foul biting on wood on the wall at right has a regular (intentional?) quality in places |
| Print note: | The faint trace of 'Whistler' signature at lower left and the curving diagonal line on the white wall between the ladders is barely visible in this impression. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1859.' (underlined, lower right corner; 'Whistler', lower left corner, partially removed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1859 -' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '2232 c' at lower centre recto; '84060' at lower left verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'FH' at lower right recto and again at lower right verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0460203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.