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Rochester Row, Westminster

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.1924
State: 2/4

Collection credit:The Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Sold by Whistler to R.F.Knoedler, 27 July 1888. H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 29059). 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:14248 (R 5750 - old acq no)  

 

Paper size:153 x 227 mm  
Plate mark size:150 x 227 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:Foolscap  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with some light plate tone, particularly at lower right  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:There are several tiny spots of ink or other liquid along the top edge of sheet/image.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'DAILY TELEGRAPH' on wall placard  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly at lower right on verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'No 14.' at lower left and '1st State - slight burr -' at lower right, both on verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:Tiny pencil butterfly dates from 1890s.  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:Whose handwriting on verso identifies location and JMW's inscription? MH: the handwriting is unidentified and '1st State' is incorrect  
Collector's mark:'C.B.' (C.L. Buckingham, Lugt 497)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 29059' at lower left verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Rochester Row, Westminster' at lower left verso; 'The writing at the corner is Whistler's' and '11.' at lower centre verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2690202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.