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The Clock Tower - Amboise

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1934.635
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Bryan Lathrop Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 35398). Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934.  
Additional acq. no:R 3215  

 

Paper size:179 x 125 mm  
Plate mark size:175 x 125 mm  
Note on size: traces of ruled graphite lines along trimmed edges - trimmed by Whistler?  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
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:extremely light tone overall, with small patches of deeper plate tone at the four plate corners.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A good, clear impression. Only tiny patches of drypoint (on the skirt of the standing woman and the heads of the two small children with her and possibly on the body of the dog); faint diagonal shading on the tower appears to be etched.  

 

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:pencil butterfly of 1889/1890  

 

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:'a 35398' at lower left verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3940102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.