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Speke Hall: The Avenue

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1934.552
State: 4/14

Collection credit:Bryan Lathrop Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934.  
Additional acq. no:R 533  

 

Paper size:253 x 175 mm  
Plate mark size:225 x 150 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:De Erven Dk. Blauw  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:Black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler 1870. / Speke Hall.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Speke Hall -'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
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:'A 29474' at lower left verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Speke Hall / county seat of Mr Leyland' (the r superscript and underlined) at lower left verso; '< / ^' at lower centre verso; 'yx.?'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0960202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.