165From BillingsgateArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1934.567 State: 7/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 28774). 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: | 170 x 249 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 159 x 226 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | letters |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Drypoint is worn or the lines thinly inked; scraper/burnisher marks are visible between and above the rightmost lines on the ship at left. |
| 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: | butterfly and 'imp' in graphite, lower left, in margin |
| 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: | signed with butterfly and 'imp' in graphite, lower left, in margin; butterfly slightly clunky and no '.' after imp, a late Whistler signature? Ok? |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 28774' at lower left verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W.130' just below platemark at lower left recto; 'L (underlined) / H' at lower left verso; Wedmore and Kennedy nos at lower left verso; 'cat 56' at lower left verso; title at lower centre verso; 'ix-' at lower right verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1680602 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.