Hôtel de la Promenade, Loches |  Library of Congress (FP-XIX-W576, no. 391) | |
| Number: | 415 | |
| Date: | 1888 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 68 x 102 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper centre | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 2 | |
| Catalogues: | K.391; M.387 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (2) | ||
TECHNIQUE
This is pure etching, with no drypoint. It was drawn with the etching needle in confident varied broken lines and short zigzags, with some curved and angular hooked lines for the figures. There is very little cross-hatching, but the lines are broken, conveying an effect of sparkling sunshine. Scattered specks suggest the plate was deteriorating.
PRINTING
Two impressions have been located, but there were at least three printed. The '1st Proof' was printed in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper with very light tone (
). Another, which is numbered 'No. 3', is in black ink on cream laid paper (). Unusually, they are trimmed to the platemark, but there is no tab and Whistler's signature had to be added on the verso.
). Another, which is numbered 'No. 3', is in black ink on cream laid paper (). Unusually, they are trimmed to the platemark, but there is no tab and Whistler's signature had to be added on the verso.