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The Forge

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1934.561
State: 4/6

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:257 x 369 mm  
Plate mark size:197 x 318 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:Japanese tissue  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium: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. / 1861'  
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:'W.63' and '6384046' at lower left recto; '1st State very rare' and '60o' [remnant of price?] at lower right recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0680303  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.