63Isle de la Cité, ParisYale Center for British ArtAccession no: L.2005-120.10 State: C/1 |
Collection credit: | Robert N. Whittemore Collection, on loan to the Yale Center for British Art. |
Image credit: | Photo © Yale Center for British Art |
Provenance: | John Caldwell, Pittsburgh (1882-1907). Acquired by the Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2005. |
Paper size: | 207 x 289 mm |
Plate mark size: | 201 x 289 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light, more at bottom, carefully wiped smooth with ripples over the laid grain of the paper |
Note on foul biting: | some flecks |
Print note: |
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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly of 1887/1890, tab 77-92mm from left |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | 'A 19715' on verso |
Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K0600111 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.