216The Little LagoonArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1938.1896 State: 3/4 |
Collection credit: | The Clarence Buckingham Collection |
Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
Provenance: | 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: | 239 x 152 mm |
Plate mark size: | 227 x 152 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | Unidentified |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | Printed with heavy plate tone along the lower edge of plate. |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: | Many vertical and diagonal 'wiping' scratches in the sky and vertical and curving scratches in the water. |
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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | the pencil butterfly dates from 1879/1880 |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | n/a |
Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K1860203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.