223The PalacesColby College Museum of Art, MaineAccession no: 2013.403 State: 6/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art |
| Image credit: | Photo © Colby College Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Otto Gerstenberg (1848-1935), Berlin. Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, cat. 33, no. 180. R. E. Lewis, California, from whom purchased by Paul Walter, New York, 1967; sale Sotheby's, New York, 3 November. 2006, lot 53; Peter and Paula Lunder; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, 2007 |
| Additional acq. no: | 021.2006 |
| Paper size: | 253 x 360 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 253 x 360 mm |
| Note on size: | tab 2 mm high |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | dark cream, yellowish green, almost beige |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Strasbourg lily, initials [LR?] below |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | dark roofs, little tone, some retroussage - paper tone predominant |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | very similar to K1870z07 in the Albertina |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| 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: | tab 30-100 mm from right |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Ken Myers dates butterfly signature to 1880s [Schulman invoice] |
| Collector's mark: | (Otto Gerstenberg, Lugt 2785) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '61222' ; other numbers effaced |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Palaces K.187 67.007'; 'K 187 iii' on old mat |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1870316 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.