317Savoy ScaffoldingArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1938.1927 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Clarence Buckingham Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Edward G. Kennedy, New York. An unidentified collector. H. C. K. Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago; bequeathed to his sisters; passed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938. |
| Additional acq. no: | 14249 (R 5750 - old acq no) |
| Paper size: | 181 x 81 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 177 x 81 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: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with plate tone near the lower edge of plate |
| Note on foul biting: | A tiny patch of foul biting by the wheel of the wheelbarrow at lower left (looks like a fingerprint). |
| Print note: |
| 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 is unusual in form. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'EGK' stamp (E.G. Kennedy, Lugt 857); 'C.B.' (C. L. Buckingham, Lugt 497); 'H. C. K.[/]' (verso, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Scaffolding / #95' at lower left verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2670102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.