The Market Place, Tours | ||
Number: | 388 | |
Date: | 1888 | |
Medium: | etching | |
Size: | 271 x 136 mm | |
Signed: | butterfly at left | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | no | |
No. of States: | 1 | |
Known impressions: | 3 | |
Catalogues: | K.374; M.374 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (3) |
The Market Place, Tours dates from September 1888. Beatrice and James Whistler visited the Loire Valley, France, during their honeymoon in the autumn of 1888 and visited Tours at some time between 15 and 27 September.
In Tours Whistler etched at least six plates, including
Rue des Bons Enfants, Tours 392,
Little Market Place, Tours 389 and The Hangman's House, Tours 393.