235Bead StringersArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1927.5965 State: 11/11 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Charles Deering Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Charles Deering (1852-1927), Chicago; given by his heirs to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1927. |
| Paper size: | 233 x 151 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 226 x 151 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with fairly even overall plate tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A very light trace of tonal medium on the figures in the doorway and wall to the right of them. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '37' above the door |
| 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: | pencil butterfly appears to date from 1887/1890s |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | (Charles Deering, Lugt 516) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W164' at lower left verso; '18' at lower right verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1980802 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.