Under the Cathedral, Blois |  Art Institute of Chicago (1934.642) | |
| Number: | 428 | |
| Date: | 1888 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 217 x 130 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 3 | |
| Catalogues: | K.397; M.396 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (3) | ||
TECHNIQUE
Under the Cathedral, Blois is pure etching.
PRINTING
Three impressions are known, all printed in dark brown ink. One, annotated '1st Proof -', was printed on ivory laid paper (
). Another, on cream Asian laid paper, is annotated '1st. State -' but since there was no second state this is not very helpful (). The third bears no inscription, and is on ivory laid paper (). All are trimmed to the platemark and signed on the tab with a butterfly and 'imp.' to show that Whistler printed them.
). Another, on cream Asian laid paper, is annotated '1st. State -' but since there was no second state this is not very helpful (). The third bears no inscription, and is on ivory laid paper (). All are trimmed to the platemark and signed on the tab with a butterfly and 'imp.' to show that Whistler printed them.