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Isle de la Cité, Paris

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.1894
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:C. W. Dowdeswell, London (1832-1915), London. Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago; acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938.  
Additional acq. no:R 5750  

 

Paper size:298 x 402 mm  
Plate mark size:200 x 289 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:Black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Must be double-checked, but this is probably 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:  
Collector's mark:'C.B.' stamp (Clarence L. Buckingham, Lugt 497)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:Illegible notation verso.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0600102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.