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Wheelwright |  Art Institute of Chicago (1924.654) | |
| Number: | 240 | |
| Date: | 1880 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 127 x 177 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower left, faint butterfly upper left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Second Venice Set', 1886 | |
| No. of States: | 9 | |
| Known impressions: | 29 | |
| Catalogues: | K.233; M.230; W.162 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (29) | ||
Wheelwright probably dates from 1881. The butterfly signature is consistent with this date. The etching dates from after Whistler's return from Venice in November 1880, and was first exhibited in 1883. 1
It was published by Messrs Dowdeswell and Thibaudeau with A Set of Twenty-six Etchings (the 'Second Venice Set') in 1886.
It was published by Messrs Dowdeswell and Thibaudeau with A Set of Twenty-six Etchings (the 'Second Venice Set') in 1886.
1: London FAS 1883 (cat. no. 3).