225Fruit StallArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1927.5967 State: 4/21 |  |
| 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. |
| Additional acq. no: | 14022 |
| Paper size: | 235 x 151 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 226 x 150 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: | Hunting horn in shield |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with some plate tone, particularly on the water and bulkhead above it. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Are the prominent vertical and slightly diagonal plate scratches (possibly faint etched lines or drypoint?) an intentional means of shading the masonry below the stall and the wall above the awning - or remnants of another, earlier subject? (This is parallel to similar fine lines in the first state of Turkeys.) |
| 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 1886. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'CD' circular stamp (Charles Deering, Lugt 516) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '2074' at lower left verso; Kennedy number and state at lower centre verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2000402 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.