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The Fishing Boat

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1917.463
State: 6/6

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:14345  

 

Paper size:163 x 232 mm  
Plate mark size:155 x 232 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:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with plate tone, slightly stronger in the lower portion of plate.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Splotches of open bite in the water below the boat and on the sail print very faintly.  

 

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:Pencil butterfly dates from 1886.  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:Circular stamp with Japanese letters (Bryan Lathrop, Lugt 2972)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'1726' at lower left verso; 'Fishing Boat' and '3419' (?) at lower centre verso; '7/7/-' at lower right verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2080402  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.