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The Little Wheelwright's

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1927.5980
State: 1/1

Collection credit:The Charles Deering Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Charles Deering (1852-1927), Chicago; given by his heirs to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1927.  
Additional acq. no:14259  

 

Paper size:227 x 237 mm  
Plate mark size:65 x 98 mm  
Note on size:.with very large margins  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Hunting horn in shield  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:extensive foul biting, possibly intentional, or open bite across the buildings to give a textured effect  
Print note:  

 

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:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):'Whistler printed by Mortimer Menpes', written in Menpes's hand on recto.  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'CD' circular stamp (Charles Deering, Lugt 516)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2450102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.