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The Hangman's House, Tours

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 41.124.1
State: 3/3

Collection credit:Bequest of Louise Veltin, 1941  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 38331). Bequeathed by Miss Louise Veltin to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1941  

 

Paper size:136 x 98 mm  
Plate mark size:134 x 98 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:pale buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' (pre 1800)  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light tone, slightly more at the bottom edge  
Note on foul biting:a few tiny dots  
Print note:A beautiful print - the detail of the figures are similar to the treatment of the decoration above the door  

 

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:possibly 'no' at bottom right on verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of 1888/90; tab 20-29 from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 38331' and '[ƒ]2 740'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'coll Miss Louise Veltin' on verso; ø in pencil on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3760203  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.