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Fleur-de-lys Passage

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.1886
State: 1/4

Collection credit:The Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Royal Collection, Windsor; sold to Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1906; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1906 (stock no. 42044); sold to Obach & Co., London, 1906. Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago; bequeathed to his sisters; passed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938.  
Additional acq. no:14894 (R 5750 - old acq no)  

 

Paper size:184 x 80 mm  
Plate mark size:181 x 80 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:Crown  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with some plate tone, particularly at the left and bottom edge.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'ENTRANCE / TO THE / EX[H]IBITION. / CLOTHES / EXCHANGE'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly with inscription at lower right verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Fleur de Lis Passage. Houndsditch. / 1st State.' at lower right verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'VR' crowned, oval stamp (Royal Library, Windsor, Lugt 2535) 'C.B.' (C. L. Buckingham, Lugt 497)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2890102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.