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Wheelwright

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca
Accession no: 57.249
State: 1/9

Collection credit:Bequest of William P. Chapman, Jr., Class of 1895.  
Image credit:Photo © Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca  
Provenance:Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by Walter Dowdeswell (1858-1929), London, 1910. William P. Chapman, Jr; bequeathed to Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1957.  

 

Paper size:132 x 179 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 176 mm  
Note on size:right edge unevenly cut  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique'  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall  
Note on foul biting:fleck at right, marks at edges and corners  
Print note:a rather grey effect, the black is crisp, some bubbling at lower left  

 

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:butterfly 'imp.' above platemark to right of centre  
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:'wpc jr' in graphite pencil on verso; triangle in pencil on verso (unidentified); 'L / v / c' (?) in pencil on verso (unidentified)  
Dealers' stock nos:'A 70784' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'1st. State'; 'FPx' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2330102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.