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Troopships

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1933.216
State: 1/2

Collection credit:Gift of Mr. Walter S. Brewster  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Purported to be from the set presented to Queen Victoria as a Jubilee gift, 1887. Walter Stanton Brewster (1872-1954), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1933.  

 

Paper size:130 x 176 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 176 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:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with plate tone, particularly on the lower portion of the plate.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:The only drypoint appears to be faint shading on the wings of the butterfly signature; faint vertical and curving left to right diagonal (wiping?) scratches above and below the line of ships at left; faint trace of curved line below the string of pennants at the bow of the leftmost ship appears to be a trace of slipped stroke.  

 

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:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3190106  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.