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The Lime-Burner

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1934.580
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Bryan Lathrop Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife. Bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934.  
Additional acq. no:R 533  

 

Paper size:304 x 233 mm  
Plate mark size:257 x 177 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:Fleur-de-lys  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with some plate tone on the wood of the entryway.  
Note on foul biting:Foul biting has been burnished out near the lower plate edge; foul biting on wood on the wall at right has a regular (intentional?) quality in places  
Print note:The faint trace of 'Whistler' signature at lower left and the curving diagonal line on the white wall between the ladders is barely visible in this impression.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. / 1859.' (underlined, lower right corner; 'Whistler', lower left corner, partially removed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'1859 -'  
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:'2232 c' at lower centre recto; '84060' at lower left verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'FH' at lower right recto and again at lower right verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0460203  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.