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Description: | Royal (1) s. in stone with butterfly; c.r.
(2) s. in pencil with butterfly; b.c.
(3) Watermark; a crowned "G. R." with a pronounced cross
(4) Countermark to "Pro Patria F1"
(5) stamp; v. square stamp of Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip PRINT WAY, Thomas Robert; (English; 1861-1913) CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) This lithograph was printed by Thomas Way c.1895-1896. The view is of rooftops in the old Breton town of Vitre and was drawn during a trip made by Whistler and his wife, Beatrix, to Brittany during July and August, 1893. When Whistler sent the drawing to be printed he feared that the image would not transfer successfuly as the crayons he had used were softer than those recommended for use on the transfer paper he had used. However, when the first proofs came back to Whistler, he was delighted with the results. (See also GLAHA 49302 - 49304/49567).
Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | TOWNSCAPE : BRITTANY : RIVER VILAINE : VITRE : WHISTLER CENTENARY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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