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The Forge

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1917.534
State: 4/6

Collection credit:Bequest of Bryan Lathrop  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1917.  
Additional acq. no:1797  

 

Paper size:213 x 341 mm  
Plate mark size:193 x 317 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:Beehive  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:Black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:small pits/scratches on the plate print like 'foul biting'.  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. / 1861.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly lower left in margin  
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:'1797' and 'K68 III' at lower left verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0680302  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.