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139

Speke Shore

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.1931
State: 3/4

Collection credit:The Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:C. W. Dowdeswell, London (1832-1915), London. Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York, 1910. 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:R 5750  

 

Paper size:217 x 338 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 228 mm  
Note on size:Lower margin reduced along ruled graphite line, reducing inscription  
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:Beehive  
Medium: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: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:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'C. W. DOWDESWELL / 36 CHANCERY LANE' (Lugt 690); 'C.B.' (C. L. Buckingham, Lugt 497)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'1st state' on recto; '119' (erased) at lower left recto; […]-o / […].o.o' and title at lower left recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1440202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.