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Anacapa Island

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.1852
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago; acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938.  
Additional acq. no:R 5750  

 

Paper size:314 x 336 mm  
Plate mark size:272 x 293 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Lochnan agrees with Mansfield's identification of Anacapa Island as a transfer lithograph; however the distinct platemark and raised ink of subject and borderlines confirm that it is an intaglio print (see Lochnan 15-16); are all lines etched? or are some engraved?  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'U.S.COAST SURVEY … ' etc see Inscr.Note  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:at the top, above the ruled frame, 'PLATE No. 414'; within the frame, at centre top, 'ANACAPA ISLAND'; at right, U. S. COAST SURVEY / A. D. BACHE, Supdt./ Sketch of ANACAPA ISLAND / IN / SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL / By Lieut. T. H. STEVENS, U. S. N. Assist. U. S. C. S. / 1854'; at left, 'Note. Anacapa Island is due East of Santa Cruz Island in (approx.) Lat. 34 [degrees] 00' and Long. 119 [degrees] 23' W. from Greenwich Observatory. Variation of the Magnetic Needle, 13 [degrees] 21' E'; at bottom centre, 'View of the Eastern extremity of Anacapa Island - from the Southward.'; at centre, a vertical arrow indicates 'Magnetic Meridian'; at the bottom, under the ruled frame, on the left, 'Drng by W. B. McMurtie>' and on the right, 'Engg by J. A. Whistler, J. Young & C. A. Knight.  
Collector's mark:With collector's mark of Clarence Buckingham (Lugt 497)  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:KAp10101  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.