171Free Trade WharfArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1938.699 State: 4/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Clarence Buckingham Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | 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 6555 |
| Paper size: | 188 x 317 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 99 x 188 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | 'CDG' |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | Dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | printed with light plate tone |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '[…]ACKS' (back to front, on warehouse roof)] |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly and 'imp.' in margin, lower right |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Vienna' at lower right verso, possibly by Whistler |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The pencil butterfly dates from the 1890s. Inscription: 'Vienna' in graphite on verso may refer to paper or ink type? |
| Collector's mark: | 'C.B.' (C. L. Buckingham, Lugt 497) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '[illegible]1695 c' (the c is superscript) at lower left recto; erased A number at lower left verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Little Limehouse, or Free Trade Wharf' at lower left recto; 'W.134' at lower centre right; 'Printed by W' at lower left verso; 'Whi 1205 / Fol 90' at lower right verso in black ink. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1630503 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.