49The PoolArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1938.1916 State: 4/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Clarence Buckingham Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | A collector, 'J. M.', possibly Jules Michelin whose collection was sold, 1898. Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago; acquired by Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938. |
| Additional acq. no: | R 5750 |
| Paper size: | 244 x 332 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 139 x 215 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | Same fibrous Japanese paper with darker inclusions as Black Lion Wharf (1924.634) from Wrenn collection. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Some faint plate tone near plate edges. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Kennedy's description of the sky in state three as 'filled with irregular scratchy lines' is misleading; it is fair to say that there are numerous irregular scratches in the sky. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1859.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | on signboards, 'COOPER', 'Gr GEORGE'S Wf', 'NEW CRANE / TO LET'; on boat, 'JANE No. 6' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| 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: | The collector's mark (L.1487) on the recto is unidentified by Lugt, however, a graphite marginal inscription identifies the collection as 'Michelin'; prints from the collection of Jules Michelin (L.1490) were sold in 1898, and although Lugt does not mention Whistler among the artists in Michelin's collection, his sale included a number of prints by Haden. |
| Collector's mark: | Unidentified collector (Lugt 1487); 'C.B.' (C. Buckingham, Lugt 497); 'J. M.' stamp in violet on recto (Jules Michelin?, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'A 32822' at lower centre verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'from the Michelin collection' at lower centre verso; '62' at lower left verso; 'Px (or c next to reversed c) vx' at lower right verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0430302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.