294Wild West: The OratorArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1917.495 State: 1/1 |  |
| 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: | 1758 |
| Paper size: | 154 x 196 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 127 x 177 mm |
| Note on size: | . |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Arms of Amsterdam [partial] |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of plate tone, mostly at plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | significantly speckled with 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: | butterfly and 'imp.', lower right |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly probably dating from 1890s |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | Circular stamp with Japanese letters (Bryan Lathrop, Lugt 2972) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '1755' at lower left recto; 'Orators, Wild West' at lower left verso; '113' at lower centre verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3130102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.