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The Palaces

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.3.89
State: 5/6

Collection credit:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:John Pomeroy Townsend (1832-1898), New York. Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917.  

 

Paper size:257 x 362 mm  
Plate mark size:256 x 359 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:slightly lighter area over the gondola  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
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:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'JPT' stamp on verso (Townsend, not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K1870228  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.