236TurkeysArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1917.460 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1917. |
| Additional acq. no: | 1723 (old acc. no.) |
| Paper size: | 214 x 133 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 208 x 133 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Partial fragment or just a thinner area in the paper? |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | Dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with light plate tone. |
| Note on foul biting: | specks that appear to be foul biting on the turkeys, the ground to their left and the wellhead may be intentional (similar to Lalanne's 'mottled tint'?). |
| Print note: | The vertical and slightly diagonal scratches clearly visible in AIC impressions of the first state are less prominent. |
| 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 appears to date from 1886 ? |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | Turkeys' at lower left verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1990102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.