223The PalacesArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1954.49 State: 6/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Gift of Stanley Field |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Given by Stanley Field to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1954. |
| Additional acq. no: | RX 1117 |
| Paper size: | 255 x 359 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 252 x 359 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' (post 1800) |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | 'Harris & McMurdo 1814' |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Pronounced tonal area with evidence of stopping out on rightmost central palace has qualities of sugar/salt/sand ground or possibly lavis: new tonal areas added after removal of plate butterfly signature seem more regular (lavis?) |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | The pronounced tonal area with evidence of stopping out on the rightmost central palace has the qualities of sugar/salt/sand ground or possibly lavis; new tonal areas added after the removal of the plate butterfly signature seem more regular (lavis?) and include wall above and water below shaded gondolas, roofs of central and right palaces, sky above and top storey just below roof of central palace and edge of left wall of rightmost palace; some wear (and possible retouching?) apparent in two dark, shaded doorways; printed with very light plate tone. State: note additions of tonal passage. Watermark: same as 1938.1912, another AIC impression of Kennedy's III/III |
| 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: | 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: | |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1870302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.