63Isle de la Cité, ParisNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8439 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Sir W.R. Drake (1817-1890), London. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10501 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | same paper as NGA 1988.20.45 |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very pale overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | a few scattered flecks and tiny droplets |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Dec. 1859. / Paris de la Galerie d'Ap.' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler - Paris.' |
| 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: | Sir W.R. Drake (Lugt 2743); 'LJR' (Lessing J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'c.7190' and 'c.5568' (crossed out) at lower left on recto; 'c.2624' at lower right on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '52' at lower left on the recto; '1033' (encircled) in red pencil at lower left on the recto; '([arrow] Whistler's writing)' at lower left on the recto by Harold Wright |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0600105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.