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Isle de la Cité, Paris

Yale Center for British Art
Accession 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.