431Château d'AmboiseLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 393 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Source unknown |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Acquired by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | 103 x 68 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 100 x 68 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| 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 near edges and corners |
| Note on foul biting: | few scattered flecks |
| Print note: | This is the impression 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 left recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st State-' (the 'st' superscript) at lower left recto; '13 / (110 [unreadable cipher--possible a bee?] at lower right verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 15-23 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HW' stamp (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a); 'HM' stamp and 'HM' in graphite (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'c 616/1' at lower left verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3930103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.