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Isle de la Cité, Paris

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; acquired by the New York Public Library, S. P. Avery Collection.  

 

Paper size:295 x 355 mm  
Plate mark size:199 x 285 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:grey  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:slightly browned, fibrous  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:a little residual tone, particularly bottom right  
Note on foul biting:a few small dots  
Print note:Good impression.  

 

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:'Whistler -' in pencil on recto  
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:'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp on recto  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Paris / From Window of Louvre' in unknown hand on recto, below platemark, and '55' top left  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0600113  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.