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Palaces, Brussels

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1917.581
State: 1/2

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:1774  

 

Paper size:223 x 141 mm  
Plate mark size:220 x 141 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:crown over 'GR'  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with some plate tone on the lower quarter of plate.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:The only drypoint is above and to right of the single figure under the window at right.  

 

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:The print bears the Art Institute duplicate stamp, but it was not deaccessioned  
Collector's mark:Circular stamp with Japanese letters (Bryan Lathrop, Lugt 2972), Art Institute of Chicago duplicate stamp (Lugt 702h)  
Dealers' stock nos:no (probably erased)  
Misc inscriptions by others:'#151' (written over traces of another number) and 'cm-' at lower left verso; '1774' at lower right verso; '1st' at lower right verso (possibly by Whistler?)  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3610102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.