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Tilbury

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 2013.488
State: 1/3

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 39028). John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911), Chicago. Louis B. Dailey (1904-2000), New York; sold at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 21 October 2003; bought by Peter Lunder, 31 October 2003; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007.  
Additional acq. no:041.2003  

 

Paper size:85 x 176 mm  
Plate mark size:81 x 176 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Pro patria [fragment - fence]  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:very dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:some tone toward left  
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:29-41 mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:Wrenn (Lugt 1475); 'LBD' stamp in square with angled corners (Louis B. Dailey, not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 39028' (or 6 - crossed out)  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W.276' and 'H'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3170107  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.