402Notre-Dame, BourgesMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 41.124.3 State: 1/1 |
| Collection credit: | Bequest of Louise Veltin, 1941 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 38335). Bequeathed by Louise Veltin to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1941 |
| Paper size: | 222 x 130 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 219 x 130 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | buff (possibly darkened at edges particularly at the right) |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | light weight 'antique' (pre 1800) |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching (and drypoint?) |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light overall tone which looks brown |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered dots |
| Print note: | A vivid impression; printed with a little retrousage, like more shadow on the lines at right edges |
| 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 3.)' |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly of 1888/9 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'L.S.' in pencil; 'FB' pencil; and 'L. Veltin' pencil on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 38335' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Coll. Miss L. Veltin' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K4020103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.