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Battersea Dawn (Cadogan Pier)

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1917.537
State: 2/2

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:1800  

 

Paper size:137 x 176 mm  
Plate mark size:112 x 150 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:De Erven Dk. Blauw  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:Black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:with spot on sky at left (corrosion?)  
Print note:Lochnan caption (Pl. 157, p. 125) identifies the medium as drypoint, but a considerable portion of the plate is etched. Llines in the sky (and elsewhere) are more worn than 1933.273 but are slightly stronger than in 1927.5935. RX20769/170 Date: from Lochnan Medium: Lochnan caption (Pl. 157, p. 125) identifies the medium as drypoint, but a considerable portion of the plate is etched.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' (faint)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly lower right, 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:'K75' at lower left verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0750103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.