219The Venetian MastArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1934.536 State: 7/12 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934. |
| Additional acq. no: | R 533 |
| Paper size: | 354 x 167 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 344 x 165 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with light plate tone, darker at the lower portion of the image. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Tonal medium on the buildings at left and right and on theleft- and rightmost figures appears to be similar to Lalanne's 'mottled tints' (see Treatise on Etching, 1880, p. 51) or sandpaper ground. |
| 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: | The pencil butterfly dates from the mid 1880s. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'c. 2519' at lower left verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'X' under a '~' at lower left verso; 'os-' at lower right verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1950502 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.