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Quai de Montebello

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1917.521
State: 1/3

Collection credit:Bryan Lathrop Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago, 1910; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1917.  
Additional acq. no:1784  

 

Paper size:153 x 228 mm  
Plate mark size:150 x 228 mm  
Note on size:.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:Buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Crown over 'GR'  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with a very light skim of plate tone.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:presumably the first impression of the first state illustrated in Kennedy  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:shop sign: 'Eque DE COMPAS', lower left, mirrored script: 'Quai de Montebello'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly and '1st proof', verso  
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:'1784', '#155' and 'Quai de Montebello' at lower left verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4170102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.