259DordrechtArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1938.1880 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Clarence Buckingham Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Royal Collection, Windsor; sold to Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1906; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1906 (stock no. 42036); sold to Clarence L. Buckingham, Chicago, for $200; bequeathed to his sisters; passed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938. |
| Additional acq. no: | 14265 (R 5750 - old acq no) |
| Paper size: | 195 x 262 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 150 x 224 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 |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with light plate tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | The lines are worn or lightly inked |
| 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: | pencil butterfly dates from 1886/1887. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'VR' crowned, oval stamp (Royal Library, Windsor, Lugt 2535); 'C.B.' (C. L. Buckingham, Lugt 497); 'W.D.' in graphite (possibly Walter Dowdeswell, see Lugt 799) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 42036' at lower left verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '8559' and 'c/gh/' at lowr right verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2420202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.