303The Visitors' BoatArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1917.498 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1917. |
| Additional acq. no: | 1761 |
| Paper size: | 180 x 125 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 176 x 125 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 |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with some plate tone, particularly at the plate edges and on the lower portion of the plate. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Faint remnants of lines at the centre indicate an earlier idea or abandoned subject. |
| 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. 1)' on verso, lower left |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | Circular stamp with Japanese letters (Bryan Lathrop, Lugt 2972) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '[illeg: "Call it" or "Coll id"?] - Naval Review' at lower left verso; '75' at lower centre verso; 'Troop Ships W238' crossed out and '1761' at lower right verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3200103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.