55The Lime-BurnerArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1917.531 State: 2/2 |  |
| 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. |
| Paper size: | 277 x 202 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 252 x 176 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: | clean-wiped. |
| Note on foul biting: | Foul biting has been burnished out near the lower plate edge; foul biting on the wood on the wall at right has a regular (intentional?) quality in places. |
| Print note: | Probably a 'later' impression: the faint trace of 'Whistler' signature at lower left and curving diagonal line on white wall between ladders are barely visible in this impression. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler -' [faint] |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1859 -' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly below platemark |
| 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: | K0460202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.