356Nut Shop, St James's Place, HoundsditchArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1917.486 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: | 14855 (1749 - old acq no) |
Paper size: | 129 x 177 mm |
Plate mark size: | 126 x 177 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 and drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | |
Note on foul biting: | large patch of foul biting/open bite appears at the upper right corner in the second state |
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: | butterfly, verso |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Hounsditch Series', verso |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | Pencil butterfly dates from 1888/1890 |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | Houndsditch spelled 'Hounsditch' by Whistler on verso, which is the older spelling, and interchangeable |
Collector's mark: | Circular stamp with Japanese letters (Bryan Lathrop, Lugt 2972) |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | '1749' at lower left verso; '71' at lower centre verso; 'Nutshop' at lower right verso |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K2910202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.