Liverdun |  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
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
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
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 
).
).Published in the 'French Set' in this state.