236TurkeysArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1927.5966 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Charles Deering Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Charles Deering (1852-1927), Chicago; given by his heirs to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1927. |
| Paper size: | 222 x 132 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 208 x 131 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| 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 uneven plate tone |
| Note on foul biting: | specks that appear to be foul biting on the turkeys, the ground to their left and the wellhead may be intentional (similar to Lalanne's 'mottled tint'?). |
| Print note: | Are the prominent vertical and slightly diagonal scratches (possibly faint etched and/or drypoint lines) intentional? |
| 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 appears to date from 1880/1881. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Faded ink initialson verso could be a collector's mark or on the sheet at the time of printing |
| Collector's mark: | (Charles Deering, Lugt 516); 'ajp' in script in ink (possibly A. J. Parsons, see Lugt 138b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a ...' number erased (illegible) |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '7' at lower centre verso; '4' (or '3'?) at lower right verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1990103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.