UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

Home > The Catalogue > Impression

Return to previous page

411

Chancellerie, Loches

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46991
State: 4/7

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; bequeathed by her to the University of Glasgow, 1958.  

 

Paper size:273 x 164 mm  
Plate mark size:269 x 164 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Fairly even and light tone  
Note on foul biting:Pitting throughout, areas of granular etched tone in building; slight foul biting at upper left corner  
Print note:Slight reticulation of ink on right side  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'REMENTS', sign below window  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:34 mm from left; tab 4 x 10 mm; pencil butterfly on tab  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'87', 'IV / K.383 Chancellerie, Loches' verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3830402  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.