188Old Battersea BridgeArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1938.1859 State: 3/7 |  |
| 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. |
| Paper size: | 289 x 443 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 204 x 297 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | thick, heavy fibrous paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | A little overall tone that makes the surface slightly glossy. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | [A good impression, solid, not flashy, printed with some retroussage, which gives a strong but slightly blurred effect to the image. The only apparent drypoint is the butterfly signature. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '2nd State only proof.' , lower right, in margin |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The pencil butterfly dates from 1879. |
| Collector's mark: | 'C.B.' (C. L. Buckingham, Lugt 497) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1770202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.