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172

London Bridge

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.1904
State: 5/6

Collection credit:The Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891), London; possibly sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 March 1892 (lot 202), bought by Deprez, £5.5.0. Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago; bequeathed to his sisters; passed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938.  
Additional acq. no:R 5750  

 

Paper size:208 x 314 mm  
Plate mark size:158 x 234 mm  
Note on size: margins appear to be trimmed (inscription cropped)  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
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:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:pencil notation in lower right margin 'may indicate the sequence of impressions  
Collector's mark:'JHH' blind stamp (J.H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921); 'C.B.' (C. L. Buckingham, Lugt 497)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:title and Wedmore number (cropped) at lower centre recto; '3. o[illeg--v, r or f?] 7-' (by JMW?) at lower right recto; 'Destroyed plate' at lower left verso; [stylized device] at lower right verso; this may be Walter Dowdeswell's mark; see Lugt 799  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1530402  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.