63Isle de la Cité, ParisFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.251 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Obach & Co. (Obach receipts 9 December 1903 and 6 January 1904), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, December 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 251 x 340 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 200 x 288 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | much debris - even distribution |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with light overall plate tone, slightly darker at upper right and lower left corners |
| Note on foul biting: | minor at upper right and lower left corners |
| Print note: | The plate/paper has slipped ( jumped) very slightly in the printing, affecting two-thirds of image, at center and right. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Dec. 1859." and 'Paris de la Galerie a Op' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '110' (large); 'No mount' on verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0600103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.