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Court of the Monastery of St Augustine, Bourges

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 2013.331
State: 1/1

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance:Sold by Whistler to Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York, 23 July 1889; sold in 1919 through A.A.Hahlo & Co. New York, to Harris G.Whittemore, Naugatuck, CT. Fine Art Society, London; bought by Peter Lunder, 8 July 2004; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007.  
Additional acq. no:054.2004  

 

Paper size:131 x 219 mm  
Plate mark size:131 x 219 mm  
Note on size:The sheet is slightly unevenly cut edge at top and bottom  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):thin laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:nno  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:a lovely, restrained impression.  

 

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  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 27-38 from left; pencil butterfly dates from 1890s  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HM' stamp (Mansfield, L. 1342) on verso of tab; 'HW' in pencil (Whittemore, L. 1384a  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'HM' ? on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3980105  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.