306The Fleet: MonitorsArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1933.220 State: 1/2 |
| Collection credit: | Gift of Walter S. Brewster |
| Image credit: | The Art Institute of Chicago. Photography © The Art Institute of Chicago. |
| Provenance: | Purported to be from the set presented to Queen Victoria as a Jubilee gift, 1887. Walter Stanton Brewster (1872-1954), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1933. |
| Additional acq. no: | R 5308 |
| Paper size: | 145 x 221 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 141 x 221 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | 'Pro Patria' |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with plate tone, particularly on the lower portion of the plate |
| 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: | butterfly and 'imp.' in pencil lower left |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | small crown device in graphite at lower right recto (but different from the symbol usually found on impressions with the Royal Library, Windsor, stamp) |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3180103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.