2Anacapa IslandArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1938.1852 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Clarence Buckingham Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago; acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938. |
| Additional acq. no: | R 5750 |
| Paper size: | 314 x 336 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 272 x 293 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Lochnan agrees with Mansfield's identification of Anacapa Island as a transfer lithograph; however the distinct platemark and raised ink of subject and borderlines confirm that it is an intaglio print (see Lochnan 15-16); are all lines etched? or are some engraved? |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'U.S.COAST SURVEY … ' etc see Inscr.Note |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | at the top, above the ruled frame, 'PLATE No. 414'; within the frame, at centre top, 'ANACAPA ISLAND'; at right, U. S. COAST SURVEY / A. D. BACHE, Supdt./ Sketch of ANACAPA ISLAND / IN / SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL / By Lieut. T. H. STEVENS, U. S. N. Assist. U. S. C. S. / 1854'; at left, 'Note. Anacapa Island is due East of Santa Cruz Island in (approx.) Lat. 34 [degrees] 00' and Long. 119 [degrees] 23' W. from Greenwich Observatory. Variation of the Magnetic Needle, 13 [degrees] 21' E'; at bottom centre, 'View of the Eastern extremity of Anacapa Island - from the Southward.'; at centre, a vertical arrow indicates 'Magnetic Meridian'; at the bottom, under the ruled frame, on the left, 'Drng by W. B. McMurtie>' and on the right, 'Engg by J. A. Whistler, J. Young & C. A. Knight. |
| Collector's mark: | With collector's mark of Clarence Buckingham (Lugt 497) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | KAp10101 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.