63Isle de la Cité, ParisBritish MuseumAccession no: 1872-07-13-398 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Bought from 'Mr Thomas' - probably Edmund Thomas (1842-1883) - by the British Museum, London, 13 July 1872. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA50143 |
| Paper size: | 245 x top 327/331 bottom mm |
| Plate mark size: | 198 x 289 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove? |
| Note on the paper: | practically broken at right edge, slightly browned |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | some tone, particularly at left and right |
| Note on foul biting: | a few dots at edge |
| Print note: | tipped down |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. -' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Dec. 1859. / Paris de la Galerie d'Op.' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0600112 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.