359Clothes-Exchange, Houndsditch, No. 2Art Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1917.484 State: 3/3 | ![]() |
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: | 14231 (1747 - old acq no) |
Paper size: | 230 x 151 mm |
Plate mark size: | 227 x 151 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | old 'ledger' paper with visible ink inscription |
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 some plate tone, particularly near the plate edges |
Note on foul biting: | |
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: |
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: | 208' at lower left verso; '1747' at lower right verso; faded inscription in brown in lower recto in unidentified hand (from paper's earlier use in a book or ledger). |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K2880203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.