Isle de la Cité, Paris |  British Museum (1872-07-13-398) | |
| Number: | 63 | |
| Date: | 1859 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 204 x 294 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler -' at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | 'Dec. 1859.' and 'Paris de la Galerie d'Op' at lower left | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 11 | |
| Catalogues: | K.60; M.60; T.19; W.55 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (11) | ||
TECHNIQUE
The main composition was etched - with an unusual amount of very fine detail - but the distant buildings and sky were added in drypoint and wore down as printing progressed.
PRINTING
Early impressions were printed in black ink with very little tone on ivory or cream wove paper (, , ). Less than ten impressions are known, but in addition there are three from the cancelled plate.
Impressions from the cancelled plate, printed with surface tone in the manner of Whistler's Venetian etchings, trimmed and signed on the tab by Whistler about 1887, were acquired by Francis Bullard (1862-1913) () and John Caldwell (fl. 1887-1907) ().