172London BridgeArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1938.1904 State: 5/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Clarence Buckingham Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891), London; possibly sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 March 1892 (lot 202), bought by Deprez, £5.5.0. Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago; bequeathed to his sisters; passed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938. |
| Additional acq. no: | R 5750 |
| Paper size: | 208 x 314 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 158 x 234 mm |
| Note on size: | margins appear to be trimmed (inscription cropped) |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil notation in lower right margin 'may indicate the sequence of impressions |
| Collector's mark: | 'JHH' blind stamp (J.H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921); 'C.B.' (C. L. Buckingham, Lugt 497) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | title and Wedmore number (cropped) at lower centre recto; '3. o[illeg--v, r or f?] 7-' (by JMW?) at lower right recto; 'Destroyed plate' at lower left verso; [stylized device] at lower right verso; this may be Walter Dowdeswell's mark; see Lugt 799 |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1530402 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.