The Priest’s House—Rouen

James Abbott McNeill Whistlerca. 1894

Details

Title: The Priest’s House—Rouen
Creator: James McNeill Whistler
Date Created: ca. 1894
Subject Keywords: architecture, houses
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in pencil, lower left: butterfly monogram; inscribed in image, center right: butterfly monogram; inscribed in pencil in artist’s hand on verso: “The Priest’s House. Rouen” and butterfly monogram; inscribed in brown ink in 19th-century hand, verso: “&13. 15.4 pd. importa 11f55c.”
Print State: Second of two states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1937
Materials & Techniques: Transfer lithograph on buff laid paper. Watermark: Fragment circle with letters TIMBR
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: 15 were printed by Way; reprinted by Goulding after 1903
Dimensions: 1903
Bibliography: Way 74; Levy 112 ii/ii (not first state, Levy in error). A first state is recorded as Way 74A [and Levy 112].
Associated People: Created by James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)
Accession Number: 1937.D1.46

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