307TroopshipsArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1933.216 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Gift of Mr. Walter S. Brewster |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Purported to be from the set presented to Queen Victoria as a Jubilee gift, 1887. Walter Stanton Brewster (1872-1954), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1933. |
| Paper size: | 130 x 176 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 126 x 176 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| 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: | printed with plate tone, particularly on the lower portion of the plate. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | The only drypoint appears to be faint shading on the wings of the butterfly signature; faint vertical and curving left to right diagonal (wiping?) scratches above and below the line of ships at left; faint trace of curved line below the string of pennants at the bow of the leftmost ship appears to be a trace of slipped stroke. |
| 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: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3190106 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.