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The Palaces

Scottish National Gallery , Edinburgh
Accession no: ENGLISH 869
State: 5/6

Collection credit:Scottish National Gallery  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Sir Alexander Maitland Bequest to the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1965.  
Additional acq. no:P.2675  

 

Paper size:252 x 360 mm  
Plate mark size:252 x 360 mm  
Note on size:Slightly unevenly cut at left  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:darkened  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Light tone, slightly more, very soft, in the water  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:There is the texturing on the windows at right but the sky is clear. The bevel (2 mm wide) is visible particularly at the right edge.  

 

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:n/a  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of 1887. Tab 93-112 from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1870307  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.