385Quai de MontebelloArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1917.521 State: 1/3 |
Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
Provenance: | Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago, 1910; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1917. |
Additional acq. no: | 1784 |
Paper size: | 153 x 228 mm |
Plate mark size: | 150 x 228 mm |
Note on size: | . |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | Buff |
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 a very light skim of plate tone. |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: | presumably the first impression of the first state illustrated in Kennedy |
Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | shop sign: 'Eque DE COMPAS', lower left, mirrored script: 'Quai de Montebello' |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly and '1st proof', verso |
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: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | '1784', '#155' and 'Quai de Montebello' at lower left verso |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K4170102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.