Theatre, Loches |  Art Institute of Chicago (1934.621) | |
| Number: | 418 | |
| Date: | 1888 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 101 x 68 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper centre | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 3 | |
| Catalogues: | K.387; M.388 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (3) | ||
Recto, above; verso, below:
The copper plate bears the maker's oval stamp: 'HUGHES & KIMBER (LIMITED) / MANUFACTURERS / LONDON E.C.' There are a number of other plates of the same size and maker including
Woman sleeping in a chair [401],
Market Women: Turkeys [424],
Hôtel de la Promenade, Loches [415], all dating from 1888, and some later etchings including, Mallarmé [461],
Marchande de Vin, Ajaccio [485] and
Mrs J. Birnie Philip [479].
The plate was in Whistler's studio at his death and was bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), who gave it to the University of Glasgow in 1935. It was cancelled posthumously with a diagonal line from centre left to the lower right corner.