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Longshore men

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.1905
State: 3/4

Collection credit:The Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Royal Collection, Windsor; sold to Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1906; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1906 (stock no. 41967); sold to Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago, 1906; acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1938, Clarence Buckingham Collection.  
Additional acq. no:R 5750  

 

Paper size:172 x 255 mm  
Plate mark size:149 x 222 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:Buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Unidentified  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:A few specks of foul biting near the right plate edge.  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler - 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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:  
Collector's mark:'VR' crowned, oval stamp (Royal Library, Windsor, Lugt 2535); 'C.B.' (Clarence L. Buckingham, Lugt 497)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 41967' at lower left verso; '9325' at lower right verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'c/-/-' at lower right verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0450103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.