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Tour Saint Antoine, Loches

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca
Accession no: 57.266
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Bequest of William P. Chapman, Jr., Class of 1895.  
Image credit:Photo © Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a7307). Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916). Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. William P. Chapman, Jr; bequeathed to Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1957.  

 

Paper size:151 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:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light smooth tone, more at bottom  
Note on foul biting:a few flecks  
Print note:good clear impression  

 

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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'No4' pssibly by Whistler  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 16-26mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:red asian circular stamp (B.Lathrop); 'HHB' stamp (H. H. Benedict) ; 'WSC Jr' (W.P.Chapman) all on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 7307' verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3920106  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.