311Return to TilburyArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1917.502 State: 1/4 |
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: | 1765 |
Paper size: | 134 x 96 mm |
Plate mark size: | 132 x 96 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | cream |
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: | printed with some plate tone, particularly on the lower quarter of plate. |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: | Horizontal drypoint lines along the horizon, several slightly right to left diagonal drypoint lines in sky above the masts, diagonal drypoint lines on the hull of the leftmost boat and vertical drypoint lines on the hull of the rightmost boat print faintly and fuzzily; a series of vertical 'wiping' scratches are visible at left of centre. |
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: | 'c 187' at lower left verso |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W244' at lower left verso; 'Return to Tilbury' and 'Fleet Evening' (the latter crossed out) at lower centre verso; '1765' at lower right verso |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K3270102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.