13LiverdunBowdoin College Museum of ArtAccession no: 1963.383 State: 3/3 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Acquired by H. Wunderlich & Co., 1908 (stock no. a45291 as part of a set of six prints from the 'French Set'); sold before 1915 to unidentified collector.Given by Miss Susan Dwight Bliss (1882-1966), New York, to Bowdoin College Museum of Art, September 1963. |
| Paper size: | 302 x 434 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 108 x 154 mm |
| Other size: | 105 x 154 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine applique on wove. |
| Note on the paper: | Mounted on off-white wove. Good example of chine applique, where some of the chine applique extends beyond the plate mark especially on the upper edges of the image. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | clean wiped |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' at upper right corner; 'J. Whistler' at lower left corner |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. 171.' |
| 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: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 45291' ; 'a 65742', '67', '165 / 3983' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '(W.4) ΓΈ'; 'Liverdun, an Old Farmhouse' on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0160224 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.