Windsor Castle |  Freer Gallery of Art (1888.16) | |
| Number: | 314 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 134 x 98 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 2 | |
| Catalogues: | K.330; M.325 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (2) | ||
TECHNIQUE
Windsor Castle was executed in pure etching. There are patches of foul biting.
PRINTING
The first impression - one of only two known impressions - is printed in black ink on buff laid paper - possibly an Asian laid paper - with light tone (
). It is trimmed to the platemark and signed on the tab with a butterfly and 'imp.' to show that Whistler printed it.
). It is trimmed to the platemark and signed on the tab with a butterfly and 'imp.' to show that Whistler printed it.