316Railway Arch, American SquareArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1917.476 State: 3/3 |  |
| 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: | 14224 (1739 - old acq no) |
| Paper size: | 73 x 163 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 70 x 163 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with some light plate tone, particularly at lower left |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| 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: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The print bears the Art Institute duplicate stamp, but it was not deaccessioned |
| Collector's mark: | Circular stamp with Japanese letters (Bryan Lathrop, Lugt 2972), Art Institute of Chicago duplicate stamp (Lugt 702h) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '1739' and '10' at lower left verso; 'The Railway Arch' on verso (possibly in Whistler's hand) |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2680203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.