UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

Isle de la Cité, Paris

Impression: British Museum
British Museum
(1872-07-13-398)
Number: 63
Date: 1859
Medium: etching and drypoint
Size: 204 x 294 mm
Signed: 'Whistler -' at lower left
Inscribed: 'Dec. 1859.' and 'Paris de la Galerie d'Op' at lower left
Set/Publication: no
No. of States: 1
Known impressions: 11
Catalogues: K.60; M.60; T.19; W.55
Impressions taken from this plate  (11)
Isle de la Cité, Paris dates from December 1859. Whistler dated it 'Dec. 1859.' on the plate.
Plates done in Paris in 1859 - all figure studies - include Bibi Valentin [34], Bibi Lalouette [33], Z. Astruc, Editor of 'L'Artiste' [36], C. L. Drouet, Sculptor [35], Fumette standing [59], Fumette's Bent Head [58], Finette [61] and Venus [60]. Other city scenes etched in 1859 - all done in London - include Thames Warehouses [46], Old Westminster Bridge [47], Limehouse [48], Eagle Wharf [50], Black Lion Wharf [54], The Pool [49], Thames Police [53] and Billingsgate [51].