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Mairie, Loches

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 41.124.2
State: 1/4

Collection credit:Bequest of Louise Veltin, 1941  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 38327). Bequeathed by Louise Veltin to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1941.  

 

Paper size:222 x 128 mm  
Plate mark size:219 x 128 mm  
Note on size:.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:light weight  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:'GR' under crown  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone, smooth, giving warm slightly brown effect, buff, delicate wiping  
Note on foul biting:scattered dots  
Print note:the ink- warm black- sinks right through the paper, creating a soft glow. The delicate shadows are very lightly drawn, dark edge at right  

 

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 2)' on verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly 1888/90; tab  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'D' ?; 'ID' on verso, photod twice after image  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 38327' and 'I or S2740'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'5' on verso; 'JD-S-S for L.V.'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3820102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.