Isle de la Cite, Paris, 1859

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 20.1 x 29 cm (7 15/16 x 11 7/16 in.)

sheet: 24.8 x 35 cm (9 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook

Catalogue Raisonné

MacDonald 2012, no. 63, only state, cancelled plate

Accession Number

1987.41.66

Artists / Makers

James McNeill Whistler (artist) American, 1834 - 1903

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right butterfly signature in graphite; lower left in plate: Whistler / Dec.1859. / Paris de la Galerie a Op.

Marks and Labels

T.J. Coolidge, Jr (L.1429)

Provenance

Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge [1845?-1924], Glasgow, (Lugt 394). Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, Jr. [1863-1912], Boston, (Lugt 1429). John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook; gift to NGA, 1987.

Associated Names

Estabrook, John Nichols, Estate of
MacGeorge, Bernard Buchanan

Bibliography

1910: Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 60.

2012: MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012: no. 63, only state.