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The Palaces

Yale University Art Gallery
Accession no: 1927.74
State: 5/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Frederic George Achelis Memorial Collection, given by Miss Elizabeth Achelis (1880-1973) to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1927.  

 

Paper size:275 x 372 mm  
Plate mark size:252 x 364 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:slightly browned  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:smooth at the top, deeper at the bottom; scrapes vertically left, in water.  
Note on foul biting:spots and acid drops at top, a lot of texture but not in the sky.  
Print note:A good greyish impression, rich inking on the gondolas, which looks almost like pen.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly 'imp' below platemark on recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'w.' to left and '7' to right below platemark on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of 1881  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'52745' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'EF92' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1870z06  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.