49The PoolArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1917.529 State: 6/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1917. |
| Paper size: | 163 x 240 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 138 x 215 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | De Erven Dk. Blauw |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Kennedy's description of state four mentions only undulating lines at centre; in fact, there are also fine horizontals and right-left diagonals throughout the sky, heavier at the left; very faint traces of lines in water and at lower left and right remain. |
| 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: | 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: | mat under print bears inscription 'butterfly spurious?' but signature appears to be the same as or very similar to shaded butterflies on some Lathrop French Set prints (Lathrop's French and Thames etchings appear to have been signed (possibly on Lathop's request or on the request of dealer-by Whistler at a fairly late date) |
| Collector's mark: | |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'mat under print bears inscription "butterfly spurious?" but signature appears to be same as or very similar to shaded butterflies on some Lathrop French at some time between Set prints (Lathrop's Frence and Thames etchings appear to have been signed--on Lathrop's request? On request of dealer?--by Whistler at a fairly late date)' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0430403 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.