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Château d'Amboise |  Freer Gallery of Art (1889.11) | |
| Number: | 431 | |
| Date: | 1888 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 110 x 68 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 2 | |
| Catalogues: | K.393; M.393 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (2) | ||
PUBLICATION
It was never published. However, it is related to Whistler's unpublished 'Renaissance Set'.
EXHIBITIONS
An impression was lent by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) to the exhibition organised by the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900 (
). 7
). 7
7: Chicago 1900 (cat. no. 257).
After Whistler's death impressions were lent to the Grolier Club in New York in 1904 and the Whistler Memorial Exhibition in London in 1905. 8
8: New York 1904a (cat. no. 382); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 342).
SALES & COLLECTORS
On 25 January 1889 the London art dealer Walter Dowdeswell (1858-1929) told Whistler that an impression of 'Chateau d'Amboise' submitted for approval to 'my client in the country' had been returned. 9 However, Whistler sold a 'first state' - probably - on 27 March 1889 to the Fine Art Society for £6.6.0 and possibly another on 21 May 1889 at the same price. 10 The first of these was later owned by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938).
- on 27 March 1889 to the Fine Art Society for £6.6.0 and possibly another on 21 May 1889 at the same price. 10 The first of these was later owned by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938).