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CA-227 La Cathédrale d’Amiens
Title in Caroline Armington’s etching record book: La Cathédrale d’Amiens
Year: 1920
Number: 227
Size: 34.8 x 27.8 cm
States: 3
Title on Print: La Cathédrale d’Amiens
Initials or Signature and Date in Plate: CHA 1920 c.r.
Planned Edition: 100
Total Number of Impressions: 113
Numbers in Pencil:
One to ''Bibliothèque Nationale'' not numbered
One dedicated ‘’To my dear Frank from Carrie’’ not numbered
Épreuve d’essai 4/9
3, 10, 18, 47, 79, 81/100
Signature in Pencil: Caroline Armington and Caroline H. Armington
Dedication:
‘’To my dear Frank from Carrie’’
Caroline Armington’s etching record book contains the following notes for this print:
1st state 2 prints
2nd 1 print
3rd 7, 5, 7
Epreuve d’essai No 1/9 to 9/9
1 print for Frank on old white paper
No 1 to 100
June 4, 1933
Plate presented to The Calcography du Louvre
Receipt from Mrs Henri Verne
Accepted by Mr Angoulvent , June 10, 33
Price in Caroline Armington’s etching record book: 150 f
Plate: The plate was donated to the Chalcographie du Louvre in June 1933.
The plate is still in the collection of the Chalcographie du Louvre. It has been steel plated.
The Chalcographie du Louvre is producing prints from this plate which are sold by the Louvre museum.
Collections:
PAMA
Chalcographie du Louvre
Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada
New York Public Library
BnF
Exhibitions:
Etchings by Caroline Armington: December, 1929. Toronto: The Art Gallery of Toronto.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Society of Etchers, 1924 Exhibition
Publications:
A. McKenzie Brockman, Caroline (1875–1939) and Frank (1876–1941) Armington ([Deux-Montagnes, Québec], 1985).
Comments:
One of the seven (7) Caroline Armington’s plates in the collection of the Chalcographie du Louvre. (CA-219, 222, 226, 227, 233, 239 and 254).
In 1933, Paul-Jules Angoulvent was the Curator of the Chalcographie du Louvre (the museum’s copper-plate engraving department). While Henri Verne was the overall Director of National Museums, Angoulvent managed the department that specialized in the production and preservation of prints from original copper plates.
This plate (which has been steel plated) is still used today to produce contemporary prints sold through the Louvre's Boutique.
These prints (which are not numbered and not signed) should normally feature the distinctive Chalcographie du Louvre blind stamp (an embossed seal) in the margin, which distinguishes them from the limited editions Caroline prints.
This blind stamp has been mandatory since the 2nd Empire (1852). Nevertheless, we have found some prints without it.
Steel-facing or steel plating involves a micro-thin layer of iron/steel applied through electroplating. This makes the surface hard enough to withstand hundreds or even thousands of impressions without the copper wearing down.