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The Church - Brussels (Adoration)

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.1869
State: 2/4

Collection credit:The Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Royal Collection, Windsor; sold to Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1906; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1906 (stock no. 42047); sold to Clarence L. Buckingham, Chicago, for $140; bequeathed to his sisters; passed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, as part of the Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938.  
Additional acq. no:R 5750  

 

Paper size:130 x 177 mm  
Plate mark size:127 x 177 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 light plate tone, especially near the lower edge of the plate  
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:'VR' crowned, oval stamp (Royal Library, Windsor, Lugt 2535); 'CB' (Clarence L. Buckingham, Lugt 497)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 41602' (crossed out); 'a 42047', at lower left verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'6411' upside down at lower centre verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3560102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.