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Mairie, Loches

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 382.3
State: 3/4

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1952  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Sold by Whistler to H. Wunderlich & Co., 16 April 1889, £12.12.0. Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:219 x 130 mm  
Plate mark size:220 x 130 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:tone along edges; mottled tone at right  
Note on foul biting:considerable over etched area  
Print note:This is the impression of the third state illustrated by Kennedy  

 

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:butterfly at lower right verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'No 9.' (the 'o' superscript) at lower left recto; 'Very fine Proof.' at lower right verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:38-49  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HM' stamp and 'HM' in graphite (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342) and 'HW' stamp (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a).  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'3' at centre verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3820307  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.