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Dry Docks, Southampton

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1917.500
State: 1/2

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:1763  

 

Paper size:68 x 176 mm  
Plate mark size:65 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 some light plate tone, particularly on the lower portion of the plate and near the plate edges.  
Note on foul biting:  
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:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly dates from 1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:'3156 c' at lower left verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'1763' at lower left verso; 'Dry Docks. Southampton.' at lower centre verso; 'EWen' ('en' raised and underlined) at lower right verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3220102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.