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Liverdun

Impression: Freer Gallery of Art
Freer Gallery of Art
(1898.212)
Number: 13
Date: 1858
Medium: etching
Size: 109 x 156 mm
Signed: 'Whistler' at upper right (1-final); 'J. Whistler' at lower left (3)
Inscribed: 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171.' at lower right (3)
Set/Publication: 'French Set', 1858
No. of States: 3
Known impressions: 48
Catalogues: K.16; M.16; T.2; W.4
Impressions taken from this plate  (48)

STATE

Three states are known.

State 1

Impression: K0160101
Signed 'Whistler' at upper right.
There are extensive scraper marks on the sky.
The impression illustrated is badly damaged by folds and tears, and the plate signature is obscured.

State 2

Impression: K0160102
Signed 'Whistler' at upper right.
Scraper marks on the sky are removed; the base of the wall at extreme left is now clearly defined; two scratches above the sloping roof at left are removed.
The impression illustrated has large spots of foxing.

State 3

Impression: K0160203
Signed 'J. Whistler.' (the 's' reversed) at lower left and inscribed 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171.' (the 't' in 'St' superscript) at lower right.
On most impressions, the platemark has sharp corners. However, the tips of the copper plate corners were clipped off before the latest impressions were printed, and the platemark corners on those prints are blunt diagonals (see Graphic with a link to impression #).
Published in the 'French Set' in this state.