395Hôtel de la Croix BlancheArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1917.584 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: | 1777 |
| Paper size: | 181 x 126 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 177 x 126 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 and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with some light plate tone, mostly near the plate edges. |
| Note on foul biting: | light, soft flecks, particularly at the right. |
| 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: | The butterfly is a little odd. |
| 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: | '168', 'croix' and 'Hotel Blanche Tours' at lower left verso; '1777' at lower right verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3730102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.