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Battersea Morn

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.1858
State: 1/5

Collection credit:The Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance: C. W. Dowdeswell, London (1832-1915), London. Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London. 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:207 x 327 mm  
Plate mark size:148 x 224 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:old 'ledger' paper (the paper has binding holes along the bottom edge); original paper colour difficult to determine due to overall discolouration recto and verso.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:unidentified  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with light plate tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:The ink colour appears greyish but this is probably just the effect of lightly engraved lines.  

 

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 note '6"'-' (with dot under "') may indicate the sequence of impressions.  
Collector's mark:'HST' (H.S. Theobald, Lugt 1376) , C. W. Dowdeswell (Lugt 690) and 'C.B.' (C. L. Buckingham, Lugt 497)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'6"'-' (with dot under "') at lower right recto (by JMW?); '1090' (or '109s' ?) at lower left verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1550102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.