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The Guitar Player (M.W. Ridley)

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1934.529
State: 4/7

Collection credit:Bryan Lathrop Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:C. W. Dowdeswell, London (1832-1915), London; possibly Walter Dowdeswell (b. 1858). H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. A 20909). 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:315 x 187 mm  
Plate mark size:277 x 177 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:Arms of Amsterdam  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:Dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with light plate tone in central image area.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:check K1400301 (and K1400305)  

 

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:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:C. W. Dowdeswell (v. Lugt 690); stylized device at lower right verso (possibly the mark of Walter Dowdeswell (b. 1858); see Lugt 799)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 20909' at lower left verso; '9354 a' at upper right verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'2" ' at lower left recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1400302  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.