173GreenhitheArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1938.1939 State: 3/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Clarence Buckingham Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 38978). 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: | 221 x 322 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 149 x 225 mm |
| Note on size: | the paper is masked for the Kennedy illustration, giving the appearance of a tab |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Baslerstab |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | The ink appears to have greyish tone, most likely due to lightly engraved lines. |
| 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: | butterfly and 'imp.' in graphite in margin, lower left [does not look right?] |
| 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: | the pencil butterfly and 'imp' do not look right, and there is a faint, erased butterfly (trial?) near bottom sheet edge on recto; note that this signature was on the sheet when used for illustration by Kennedy (mh has seen this signature on other prints, most notably on an impression of Nocturne: Palaces) |
| Collector's mark: | 'C.B.' (C.L. Buckingham, Lugt 497) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 38978' at lower left verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | ''1[illeg--st?] at lower right recto; 'W135' at lower centre verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1650202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.