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Hôtel de Ville, Loches

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8633
State: 1/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Sold by Whistler to Wunderlich & Co., 16 April 1889. Knoedler & Co., New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10697  

 

Paper size:271 x 165 mm  
Plate mark size:267 x 165 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' paper, dark edgeat right  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:'GR' countermark (to Strasbourg Lily?)  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale tone at top and slightly heavier tone at right and bottom  
Note on foul biting:many scattered flecks  
Print note:New state; warm black ink; the only possible drypoint are the faint lines of the standing man in the midst of the central figure group-- these could also be partly scraped out etching or lightly etched lines.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly at lower right on the verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'No 4' at lower left on the verso; '1st. Proof'' (the 'st' superscript) at lower right on the verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 29 to 40 mm from left; 1888 butterfly  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'MK 30692' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'384' at lower centre on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3840104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.