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The Steamboat, Venice

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 2007.142
State: 2/4

Collection credit:Bequest of Arthur MacDougall Wood, through the generosity of Pauline Wood Egan and Arthur M. Wood, Jr.  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Knoedler's, New York. Pauline Kohlstaat Palmer (Mrs Potter Palmer II) (1882-1956); Arthur MacDougall Wood (1913-2006); bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 2007.  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:267 x 186 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:stylized device in graphite at centre verso ( this may be Walter Dowdeswell's mark, see Lugt 799)  
Dealers' stock nos:'12386' at lower left verso; 'MK' at lower right verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'4.4.0' at upper left recto; '4.4/' at lower left recto; 'Venetian Etching - Early State' at lower left recto;'9' at lower centre verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2280104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.