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Clothes-Exchange, Houndsditch, No. 2

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession 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.