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Wheelwright

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1924.654
State: 9/9

Collection credit:Bequest of Ethel Wrenn  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 28976). John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911), Chicago; bequeathed to his family, 1911; bequeathed by Ethel Wrenn, Chicago, to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection, 1924.  
Additional acq. no:14300  

 

Paper size:132 x 176 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 176 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with light plate tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Regular tone on the beams and the wall to right of the opening; after looking at Freer prints, the tone seems to be a by-product of rebiting the lines of the wagon in the distance under the doorway (the slipped right to left line at the centre of the shading is an indication of re-bitten lines).  

 

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 and 'imp.', lower right verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:The pencil butterfly dates from 1886.  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'J.H.W' (J. H. Wrenn, Lugt 1475).  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 28976' at lower left verso, over an earlier erased stock number  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2330502  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.