198The Fishing BoatArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1938.1884 State: 3/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Clarence Buckingham Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Bought from Whistler by the Royal Collection, Windsor, 1882; sold to Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1906; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1906 (stock no. 42027); sold to Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago, 1906, for $360; bequeathed to his sisters; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938. |
| Additional acq. no: | 14360 (R 5750 - old acq no) |
| Paper size: | 163 x 233 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 155 x 233 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: | 'WW' |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with some plate tone, particularly near the plate edges, and along the bottom. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Splotches of open bite at upper left of the boat, in the water below it and on the sail; scraper and burnishing marks at the left edge of the plate. |
| 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 1885/1886. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'VR' crowned, oval stamp (Royal Library, Windsor, Lugt 2535); 'CB' rectangular stamp (Clarence Buckingham, Lugt 497) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 41540', or 'a 41590', crossed out, 'a 42027' at lower left verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | partial crown device and 'W.198' at lower left verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2080202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.