196The Little MastArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1927.5957 State: 7/8 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | Bequest of Lessing Rosenthal. |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Charles Deering (1852-1927), Chicago; the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Charles Deering Collection, 1927. Bequeathed by Lessing Rosenthal to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1927. |
| Paper size: | 269 x 188 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 266 x 188 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | Brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Tonal work has been added at left on the wall, over the figures and on the buildings behind the balustrade; faint horizontal drypoint lines are on the clothing of the child at right. |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | The pencil butterfly appears to date from the 1890s |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | (Charles Deering, Lugt 516). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | ilegible erased prices and price codes |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1850302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
