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The Clock Tower - Amboise

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Accession no: P.90-1959
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Guy John Fenton Knowles (1879-1959) to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, April 1959.  

 

Paper size:180 x 125 mm  
Plate mark size:177 x 125 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique'  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light  
Note on foul biting:slight texture  
Print note:good, restrained impression, but with some soiling or rubbing at the bottom.  

 

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 'imp'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 18-28mm from left, butterfly of 1888/1889.  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:WEP  
ID:K3940110  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.