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Tatting

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1924.644
State: 1/1

Collection credit:From the Ethel Wrenn Bequest  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Royal Collection, Windsor; sold to Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1906; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1906 (stock no. 41986); sold to Obach & Co., London, 1906. John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911), Chicago; bequeathed to his family, 1911; bequeathed by Ethel Wrenn, Chicago, to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1924.  

 

Paper size:235 x 152 mm  
Plate mark size:125 x 75 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:at bottom right  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
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:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'VR' crowned, oval stamp (Royal Library, Windsor, Lugt 2535) ; 'J.H.W.' (John H. Wrenn, Lugt 1475)  
Dealers' stock nos:'9458' at lower left verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'17' at lower left recto; 'No 98' at lower right recto; 'XX' at lower right verso (the Xs are large); 'u/./.' at lower left verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1120102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.