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Wapping - The Pool

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.1917
State: 6/8

Collection credit:The Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London. C. W. Dowdeswell, London (1832-1915), London. Probably acquired by the Royal Collection, Windsor; sold to Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1906; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1906 (stock no. 42004); sold to Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago, 1906, for $600; bequeathed to his sisters; passed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938.  
Additional acq. no:R 5750  

 

Paper size:250 x 380 mm  
Plate mark size:186 x 277 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:the sheet was removed from a book, with old brown ink initials (?) at upper right verso  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Strasbourg lily 'WR'  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with plate 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:butterfly and 'imp.' in graphite, lower right, in margin  
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:'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:'Theobald' at lower centre recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1740402  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.