446Balcony, AmsterdamArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1934.549 State: 1/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934. |
| Additional acq. no: | R 533 |
| Paper size: | 274 x 162 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 271 x 162 mm |
| Note on size: | ruled pencil line across the graphite signature - apparently used to trim the lower margin - by someone other than Whistler? |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Unidentified |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with plate tone on the lower quarter of the plate. |
| Note on foul biting: | Virtually no foul biting except for a small patch along the plate bevel at lower left. |
| 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: | '1st proof pulled' and butterfly on verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | ruled pencil line across graphite signature, apparently used to trim lower margin |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K4050102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.