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Butcher's Shop, Sandwich, Kent

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1917.493
State: 1/1

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:1756  

 

Paper size:70 x 99 mm  
Plate mark size:67 x 99 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 and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
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:'1st. proof.' and 'Butchers - / Sandwich / / [r-l slash]' , lower right, on verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:Pencil butterfly dates from 1887 or 1888  

 

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:'172' and '1756' at lower left verso; 'BL' at lower centre verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3080102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.