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Isle de la Cité, Paris

British Museum
Accession no: 1980-11-08-13
State: C/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Francis Bullard, Boston; bequeathed to his sister, Katharine Bullard, Boston. Charles C. Cunningham (1910-1979), Chicago. Thomas Agnew & Sons, London; sold to the British Museum, London, 1980.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA50183  

 

Paper size:200 x 290 mm  
Plate mark size:200 x 290 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid?  
Note on the paper:browned  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone, wiped, more at bottom, some blipping on laid lines  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:drypoint is fading - a few scratches top  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Dec. 1859.' 'Paris de la Galerie d'op' very faint indeed  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:58-72 from left, butterfly of 1886/1888  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:ex. coll. Francis Bullard L.982 on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0600104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.