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Mairie, Loches

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographie
Accession no: Rés EC 123 Folio 3
State: 2/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo courtesy of Bibliothèque nationale de France  
Provenance:Listed by E. G. Kennedy as having been owned by the late Sir John C. F. S. Day (1826-1908), London, 1910. Atherton Curtis, Paris (no. 4909); given in 1943 to the Cabinet des estampes, Bibliothèque nationale de France  
Additional acq. no:D.07374  

 

Paper size:222 x 129 mm  
Plate mark size:219 x 129 mm  
Note on size:paper size includes tab  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid Japanese  
Note on the paper:semi transparent  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:residual plate tone  
Note on foul biting:fine scattered pitting across plate  
Print note:crease from printing upper right corner  

 

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:on tab  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:23 mm from left, 3 x 9 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:no black stamp 'D.07374'  
Collector's mark:recto red oval stamp 'B.N. EST' (Lugt 400)  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3820204  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.