156Steamboats off the TowerLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 149 State: 3/4 |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1946 |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 38600). John H. Wrenn (1841-1911), Chicago, IL. Art Institute of Chicago, IL. Bought with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | 217 x 329 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 155 x 225 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | the paper has a greenish cast |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Beehive DEDB |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with tone over buildings and ships at horizon and some pale tone elsewhere; somewhat inky platemark |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks; evidence of burnishing near the left and right edges |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'JHW' stamp (John H. Wrenn, Lugt 1475); Art Institute of Chicago Duplicate (Lugt suppl.32b and 702h). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 38600' (underlined) at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '2088E / 1 Jy 46' at lowr right on the verso and '460110 / 46' at lower centre on the verso (AIC deaccession inscriptions?) |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1490307 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.