ID: 700008583 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008583	Record Type: Movable Work
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The Palaces (etching (print); James Whistler (1834-1903); proved by Whistler; printed by W...; 1879; published 1880; National Gallery of Australia (Canberra, Australian Capital ...; Accession No: NGA 78.415.9)

Note: Printed in a warm toned black ink from one copper plate.

Titles:

The Palaces (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Venice, Whistler. Twelve Etchings (First Venice Set) 1880 (C,U,CN,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

etching (print) [300041365] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: 1879; published 1880

Creator Display:

James Whistler (1834-1903); proved by Whistler; printed by Whistler assisted by Menpes, Mortimer (1834-1903) [preferred,VP]

assistant artist Menpes, Mortimer (British-Australian painter, etcher, 1855-1938) [500015549]

printmaker Whistler, James McNeill (American painter, printmaker, 1834-1903, active in England and France) [500012432]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Venezia [7018159] Venezia province (province), Veneto (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: National Gallery of Australia (Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia) [500307648] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: Accession No: NGA 78.415.9

Credit Line: Acknowledgement: Purchased 1978; Collection: The Charles C. Cunningham collection of James McNeill Whistler etchings and lithographs, acquired 1978

Other: Publication: London [7011781] Greater London (metropolitan area), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: prints, intaglio etching and drypoint; Support: medium-weight cream antique laid paper trimmed to the plate-mark leaving a small tab l.r; watermark: Strasburg lily

	etching (printing process) [300053241]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

	drypoint (printing process) [300053228]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes, engraving (printing process))

	antique paper [300265569]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, paper (fiber product), <paper by form>)

	laid paper [300014184]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, paper (fiber product), <paper by production method>)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	Strasburg lily (watermark) [300417944]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, <identifying markings and symbols>, marks (identifying markings), <marks by location or context>, watermarks, <watermarks by design type>)

	laid paper [300014184]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, paper (fiber product), <paper by production method>)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

Dimensions: plate-mark 25.1 h x 35.8 w cm sheet 25.4 h x 35.8 w cm

General Subject:

cityscapes (preferred)

architecture

Specific Subjects:

	palaces (official residences) [300005734]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings, houses, <houses by occupants>, official residences) (AAT)

	Venice [7018159]
	.....(Venezia province (province), Veneto (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

Watermarks: Strasburg lily in shield with a crown, lettering below

Inscriptions: Drawn on tab l.r , in pencil '[Whistler's butterfly monogram]; inscribed on tab l.r, in pencil "imp". Tertiary Insc: verso: Inscribed l.r, in pencil " ERM" [ E.R.Martin (?)]; on tab , in pencil "E.R.M"

Marks: Manufacturer's Mark: large ornate shield surmounted by crown ( centre); collector's trefoil stamp upper.c, in brown ink

State: 3rd state of 3

Edition: Edition of 100

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... First Venice Set

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual Works by class: for movable works

............... First Venice Set

.................... The Palaces

Sources and Contributors:
The Palaces	........ [VP]
	........ National Gallery of Australia (2005)
Venice, Whistler. Twelve Etchings (First Venice Set) 1880	........ [VP]
	........ National Gallery of Australia (2005)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... National Gallery of Australia (2005)