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Isle de la Cité, Paris

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 60
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1938  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Knoedler & Co., New York. Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. Bought with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:200 x 290 mm  
Plate mark size:199 x 288 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very pale overall  
Note on foul biting:many curved scratches on river and sky--particularly at upper left--these may be remnants of cancellation lines?  
Print note:some curving scratches or lines-- many forming Xs--can be seen on this impression and faintly on Kennedy's reproduction; maybe all impressions are from the cancelled plate?  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. -'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Dec. 1859. / Paris de la Galerie d'Op.'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:no  
Collector's mark:'HHB' stamp (H. H. Benedict, Lugt 2936); 'ERJP' in circle (E. R. & J.Pennell, Lugt suppl. 874a)  
Dealers' stock nos:'MK 32578' and 'No 4566' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0600110  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.