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The Riva

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1933.774.59
State: C/4

Collection credit:Gift of Walter S. Brewster  
Image credit:The Art Institute of Chicago. Photography © The Art Institute of Chicago.  
Provenance:Walter M. Hill (1868-1952), Chicago; Walter S. Brewster (1872-1954), Chicago; given to the Art Institute, 1933.  

 

Paper size:240 x 380 mm  
Plate mark size:200 x 295 mm  
Note on size:Sight measurement of paper; the impression is bound  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:creame  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:Etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:considerable plate tone, slightly lighter on water at right  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:several creases, showing faintly as pale white lines  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly, upper left  
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:  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:"The Riva No 1." / M189 Gr189 W157 K192" on recto in lower margin in Brewster's hand.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1920403  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.