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Wapping - The Pool

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1934.595
State: 2/8

Collection credit:Bryan Lathrop Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:C. W. Dowdeswell, London (1832-1915), London. Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891), London; possibly sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 March 1892 (lot 226), bought by Frederick Keppel & Co., £4.10.0. Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934.  
Additional acq. no:R 533  

 

Paper size:239 x 367 mm  
Plate mark size:187 x 277 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Strasbourg lily 'WR'  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Printed with some plate tone; and a fingerprint at the top edge.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
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:  
Collector's mark:'JHH' blind stamp (J.H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921) and C. W. Dowdeswell (Lugt 690)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W.143' just below platemark at lower left recto; 'Theobald' at lower centre verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1740202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.