240WheelwrightArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1924.654 State: 9/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bequest of Ethel Wrenn |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 28976). John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911), Chicago; bequeathed to his family, 1911; bequeathed by Ethel Wrenn, Chicago, to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection, 1924. |
| Additional acq. no: | 14300 |
| Paper size: | 132 x 176 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 126 x 176 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: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with light plate tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Regular tone on the beams and the wall to right of the opening; after looking at Freer prints, the tone seems to be a by-product of rebiting the lines of the wagon in the distance under the doorway (the slipped right to left line at the centre of the shading is an indication of re-bitten lines). |
| 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: | butterfly and 'imp.', lower right verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | The pencil butterfly dates from 1886. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'J.H.W' (J. H. Wrenn, Lugt 1475). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 28976' at lower left verso, over an earlier erased stock number |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2330502 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.