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Little Market Place, Tours

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1934.586
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Bryan Lathrop Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934.  
Additional acq. no:R 533  

 

Paper size:130 x 177 mm  
Plate mark size:127 x 177 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
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 light plate tone  
Note on foul biting:small dots and texturing effect overall.  
Print note:a good impression giving a rather cool effect  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'HOTEL' on sign in middle-distance left, 'HOTEL' etc over entrance [check]  
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:signature nearly erased  

 

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:'169' at lower left verso; 'Market Place Tours' at lower centre verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3750102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.