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Courtyard, Rue P. L. Courier, Tours

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Accession no: P.87-1959
State: 1/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Guy John Fenton Knowles (1879-1959) to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, April 1959.  

 

Paper size:149 x 79 mm  
Plate mark size:147 x 79 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique'  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light  
Note on foul biting:texture, effect of tiny dots.  
Print note:A good impression in warm black ink.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:see tab  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:WEP  
ID:K3680105  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.