415Hôtel de la Promenade, LochesArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1917.588 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: | 1781 |
| Paper size: | 66 x 101 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 66 x 101 mm |
| Note on size: | There are remnants of ruled lines on recto as guides for trimming, not really likely to have been done by Whistler |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | Dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Numerous short, curved scratches in the sky and on the roof and two short scratches on the lower walls of houses print fairly distinctly. |
| 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 on verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st Proof,' on verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly of 1888/1889 |
| Collector's mark: | Circular stamp with Japanese letters (Bryan Lathrop, Lugt 2972) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '5' and '1781' at lower left verso; '#125' at lower centre verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3910102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.