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Long Venice

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1917.465
State: 8/8

Collection credit:Bryan Lathrop Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 28976). Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1917.  
Additional acq. no:14295 (1728 - old acc. no.)  

 

Paper size:133 x 309 mm  
Plate mark size:127 x 309 mm  
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:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:printed with light plate tone, darker at the four corners of the plate.  

 

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:the 'imp' is badly smudged  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:Circular stamp with Japanese letters (Bryan Lathrop, Lugt 2972)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 28976' at lower left verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'1728' at lower left verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2120502  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.