360Fleur-de-lys PassageArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1938.1886 State: 1/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Clarence Buckingham Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Royal Collection, Windsor; sold to Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1906; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1906 (stock no. 42044); sold to Obach & Co., London, 1906. 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: | 14894 (R 5750 - old acq no) |
| Paper size: | 184 x 80 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 181 x 80 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: | Crown |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with some plate tone, particularly at the left and bottom edge. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'ENTRANCE / TO THE / EX[H]IBITION. / CLOTHES / EXCHANGE' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly with inscription at lower right verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Fleur de Lis Passage. Houndsditch. / 1st State.' at lower right verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'VR' crowned, oval stamp (Royal Library, Windsor, Lugt 2535) 'C.B.' (C. L. Buckingham, Lugt 497) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2890102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.