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Palaces, Brussels

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.1872
State: 1/2

Collection credit:The Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London. Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago; bequeathed to his sisters; passed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938.  
Additional acq. no:R 5750  

 

Paper size:223 x 139 mm  
Plate mark size:220 x 139 mm  
Note on size:.  
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:brown/black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with some plate tone on 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:  
Collector's mark:'C.B.' (C. L. Buckingham, Lugt 497)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'9566' at upper right verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3610103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.