Clothes-Exchange, Houndsditch, No. 2 |  Art Institute of Chicago (1917.484) | |
| Number: | 359 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 229 x 153 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 3 | |
| Known impressions: | 4 | |
| Catalogues: | K.288; M.283 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (4) | ||
TECHNIQUE
The original work in etching was enhanced with drypoint shading on the central figures and then more elaborate and emphatic etched and drypoint shading on the structure of the warehouse itself. Foul biting visible at the upper centre of the image appeared along with the new etched lines.
PRINTING
There was a very limited print run. Whistler wrote '1st proof' on an impression in black ink on cream 'antique' (pre-1800) laid paper (
). He noted on the next proof, '1st State. only two / proofs - ' (). It was printed in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper, darkened to buff, and with the watermark 'PRO PATRIA AS'. The later impressions were printed in black ink on off-white laid paper () and ivory laid paper from an old ledger ().
). He noted on the next proof, '1st State. only two / proofs - ' (). It was printed in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper, darkened to buff, and with the watermark 'PRO PATRIA AS'. The later impressions were printed in black ink on off-white laid paper () and ivory laid paper from an old ledger ().