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Whistler with a hat

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1934.537
State: 3/3

Collection credit:Bryan Lathrop Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891), London; possibly sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 March 1892 (lot 101/102). 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:306 x 207 mm  
Plate mark size:225 x 151 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream discoloured to buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:Black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall plate tone, slightly disturbed at lower right.  
Note on foul biting:  
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:Note misc inscription: possible new provenance info  
Collector's mark:'JHH' blind stamp (J.H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'This impression was given by Whistler to his Mother - see other side / I had it from M.W. Ridley' at lower right verso [there is no other inscription on recto; margins appear as though they may have been trimmed]  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0540202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.