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Gray's Inn Place

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.1890
State: 2/2

Collection credit:The Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance: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:14895 (R 5750 - old acq no)  

 

Paper size:129 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:Eagle  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:traces of plate tone at the four corners  
Note on foul biting:note exploitation of foul biting/open bite to give texture to walls and walkway  
Print note:distinct horizontal scratch at left just above the butterfly  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'GREYS INN PLACE'  
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 1887/1888  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'C.B.' (C.L. Buckingham, Lugt 497)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W.285' and '41' at lower right verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2970202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.