429The Clock Tower - AmboiseLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 394 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1952 |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | 181 x 125 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 177 x 125 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very pale overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| Print note: | fine lines at centre appear unrelated to subject |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly at lower right verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '6' at lower left verso; '1.st State-' (the 'st' superscript) at lower right verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 26-38 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HW' stamp (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a); 'HM' stamp (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '386'; '#167' at lower right verso; 'Clock Tower' at lower centre verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3940111 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.