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The Old Swan Brewery, Chelsea

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1917.451
State: 1/1

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:1714  

 

Paper size:70 x 99 mm  
Plate mark size:67 x 99 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:Dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly and 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:butterfly of 1888/1890s  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:Circular stamp of Bryan Lathrop (Lugt 2972).  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'1714' and 'W283' (underlined) at lower left verso; 'The Swan Brewery W89' at lower centre verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0980102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.