156Steamboats off the TowerArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1938.1934 State: 3/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Clarence Buckingham Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London. C. W. Dowdeswell, London (1832-1915), London. Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago; bequeathed to his sisters; passed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938. |
| Additional acq. no: | R 5750 |
| Paper size: | 215 x 331 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 154 x 225 mm |
| Note on size: | Lower margin trimmed along ruled graphite line, cropping inscription |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | 'De Erven Dk. Blauw' |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light plate tone: wiping or burnishing marks visible along the left and right plate edges. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HST' (H. S. Theobald, Lugt 1376); 'C. W. DOWDESWELL ... 36 CHANCERY LANE' (Lugt 690); 'C.B.' (C. L. Buckingham, Lugt 497) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | illegible, at lower left recto (probably a stock number or price code) |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1490302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.