The Temple |  Art Institute of Chicago (1917.468) | |
| Number: | 245 | |
| Date: | 1880/1881 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 102 x 154 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Second Venice Set', 1886 | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 25 | |
| Catalogues: | K.234; M.231; W.170 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (25) | ||
The Temple dates from late 1880 or early 1881. The butterfly signature is consistent with this date, as is the lack of foliage on the tree, suggesting it is a winter scene.
It was published by Messrs Dowdeswell and Thibaudeau with A Set of Twenty-six Etchings (the 'Second Venice Set') in 1886, and most impressions were printed then.