The Ramparts, Sandwich |  Art Institute of Chicago (1934.591) | |
| Number: | 324 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 128 x 178 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 4 | |
| Catalogues: | K.309; M.304 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (4) | ||
TECHNIQUE
It is pure etching. It was drawn with short curved, bouncy, and jagged lines, plus more sinuous lines on the figures, and a very few patches of shading. There are a lot of flecks and traces of earlier work.
PRINTING
The Ramparts, Sandwich is very rare. Two impressions are in black ink, one on ivory laid paper (
) and one on an off-white, almost grey paper (); another is in dark brown ink on a watermarked ivory laid paper (). All were trimmed to the platemark and signed on the tab with a butterfly and 'imp.' to show that Whistler had printed them.
) and one on an off-white, almost grey paper (); another is in dark brown ink on a watermarked ivory laid paper (). All were trimmed to the platemark and signed on the tab with a butterfly and 'imp.' to show that Whistler had printed them.