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Venus

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1927.5928
State: 2/2

Collection credit:The Charles Deering Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Charles Deering (1852-1927), Chicago; the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Charles Deering Collection, 1927.  

 

Paper size:189 x 278 mm  
Plate mark size:150 x 227 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:J COLES / 1811  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:Black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
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:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'s/o[illeg]' and '5/15/6' (mostly erased) at lower right verso (/s in inscriptions)  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0590202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.