63Isle de la Cité, ParisNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1988.20.45 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | John W. Wilson; Wilson sale, Sotheby's, 22 April 1887 (lot 196), sold to Dowdeswell for £5.15.0. Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Purchased by H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1903 (stock no. a 42189). Given by John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1988. |
| Paper size: | 311 x 486 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 200 x 288 mm |
| 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 1943.3.8439 |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | residual tone near the plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | a few scattered flecks and tiny droplets |
| Print note: | There are stray marks in graphite on the sky at upper right; they apper to be unrelated to the subject |
| 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: | butterfly |
| 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: | 'B.M.' stamp (B. B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394); (John W. Wilson, Lugt 2581) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 42189' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0600108 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.