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Turkeys

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1917.460
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Bryan Lathrop Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1917.  
Additional acq. no:1723 (old acc. no.)  

 

Paper size:214 x 133 mm  
Plate mark size:208 x 133 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Partial fragment or just a thinner area in the paper?  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:Dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with light plate tone.  
Note on foul biting:specks that appear to be foul biting on the turkeys, the ground to their left and the wellhead may be intentional (similar to Lalanne's 'mottled tint'?).  
Print note:The vertical and slightly diagonal scratches clearly visible in AIC impressions of the first state are less prominent.  

 

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 appears to date from 1886 ?  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:Turkeys' at lower left verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1990102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.