311Return to TilburyArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1933.223 State: 3/4 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Image credit: | Photo © 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. |
| Paper size: | 419 x 483 mm |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed plate tone near the plate edges and on the ower third of plate |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Additional horizontal drypoint lines along the horizon and a new series of close left to right diagonals above the horizon around the centre boats; new right to left diagonal and horizontal drypoint lines on the hull of the leftmost boat and new vertical lines below it; the vertical 'wiping' scratches at left of centre on AIC 1917.502 are not visible. |
| 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: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3270206 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
