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The Little Venice

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.1902
State: 2/2

Collection credit:The Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock nos. a 43506, 71882). 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:190 x 268 mm  
Plate mark size:185 x 268 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with plate tone  
Note on foul biting:some scattered spots of false biting but not a significant amoun  
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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'C.B.' (C. L. Buckingham, Lugt 497)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 43506' and 'a 71882' (the second underlined) both erased at lower left verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Hvx [Greek letter phi]' at lower right verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1830103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.