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99

Amsterdam, from the Tolhuis

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 1999.7.133
State: 8/8

Collection credit:Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Gift of Jean K. Weil in memory of Adolph 'Bucks' Weil, Jr.  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Tracy Dows, New York; probably sold to Frederick Keppel and Co., 1911. Sold at auction, Christie's, New York (sale 5213; lot 107), 5 November 1982; Adolph Weil, Jr, Montgomery, AL; Jean K. Weil, Montgomery, AL; given to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL, 1999.  

 

Paper size:208 x 292 mm  
Plate mark size:133 x 210 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.' ; butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'à Amsterdam - Tolhuis'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:in pencil, lower right: '[butterfly] imp.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:verso, lower left: oval stamp in ink: 'TD' (Lugt 2427)  
Dealers' stock nos:'02137' on verso, bottom centre  
Misc inscriptions by others:'U91' and 'EXV' at lower right on verso  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K0910407  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.