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Free Trade Wharf

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.699
State: 4/8

Collection credit:The Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance: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 6555  

 

Paper size:188 x 317 mm  
Plate mark size:99 x 188 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:'CDG'  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:Dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:printed with light plate tone  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'[…]ACKS' (back to front, on warehouse roof)]  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly and 'imp.' in margin, lower right  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Vienna' at lower right verso, possibly by Whistler  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:The pencil butterfly dates from the 1890s. Inscription: 'Vienna' in graphite on verso may refer to paper or ink type?  
Collector's mark:'C.B.' (C. L. Buckingham, Lugt 497)  
Dealers' stock nos:'[illegible]1695 c' (the c is superscript) at lower left recto; erased A number at lower left verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Little Limehouse, or Free Trade Wharf' at lower left recto; 'W.134' at lower centre right; 'Printed by W' at lower left verso; 'Whi 1205 / Fol 90' at lower right verso in black ink.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1630503  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.