198The Fishing BoatArt Institute of ChicagoAccession 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.