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Chancellerie, Loches

Brooklyn Museum
Accession no: 61.110.3
State: 1/7

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Listed by E. G. Kennedy, 1910 as owned by F. L. Babbott. Dr and Mrs Frank L. Babbott, Jr.; given in 1962 to the Brooklyn Museum  

 

Paper size:272 x 164 mm  
Plate mark size:269 x 164 mm  
Note on size:uneven at bottom  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:browned at edges  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Pro Patria  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very little, more at edge  
Note on foul biting:a few dots at edges  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'REMENDS'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'1st. State / only proof /' butterfly on verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.' (pencil butterfly of 1889/90s  
Note on the tab:tab 23-33 from left, tab cut off and re-affixed  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'c 622'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3830z05  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.