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Greenhithe

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.1939
State: 3/4

Collection credit:The Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 38978). 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:221 x 322 mm  
Plate mark size:149 x 225 mm  
Note on size:the paper is masked for the Kennedy illustration, giving the appearance of a tab  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Baslerstab  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:The ink appears to have greyish tone, most likely due to 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:butterfly and 'imp.' in graphite in margin, lower left [does not look right?]  
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:the pencil butterfly and 'imp' do not look right, and there is a faint, erased butterfly (trial?) near bottom sheet edge on recto; note that this signature was on the sheet when used for illustration by Kennedy (mh has seen this signature on other prints, most notably on an impression of Nocturne: Palaces)  
Collector's mark:'C.B.' (C.L. Buckingham, Lugt 497)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 38978' at lower left verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:''1[illeg--st?] at lower right recto; 'W135' at lower centre verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1650202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.