50Eagle WharfArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1917.527 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: | 1790 (old acc.no.) |
Paper size: | 162 x 239 mm |
Plate mark size: | 137 x 215 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | cream |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | Beehive / DEDB |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | |
Note on foul biting: | Foul biting on the sky, water and dock in the foreground is very light. |
Print note: |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1859.' |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | on signboards: 'TYZAC, WHITELEY & Co.', 'W. BROWN / SAIL Maker / SHIPOWNER', 'EAGLE / WHARF' [check] |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
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: | K0410102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.