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Turkeys

Terra Foundation for American Art
Accession no: 1992.160
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection  
Image credit:Photo © Terra Foundation for American Art  
Provenance:Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891), London; Sotheby's, 3 March 1892 (lot 260) bought by 'Blunt', £2.2.0. Davis & Langdale Company, Inc., New York, New York; Daniel J. Terra Collection, Chicago, Illinois, 1985; Terra Foundation for the Arts Collection, Chicago, Illinois, 1992.  
Additional acq. no:363.2005  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:205 x 131 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:tan  
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:  
Note on foul biting:  
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:'JHH' blindstamo (J.H. Hutchinson)  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K199 Turkeys/ ii/ii' on backing  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1990207  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.