27La Vieille aux LoquesArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1934.543 State: 3/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Léopold Gustave Roux, Marseilles. Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934. |
| Additional acq. no: | 11423 (R 533 - old acq no) |
| Paper size: | 278 x 208 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 209 x 148 mm |
| Note on size: | support sheet appears to have been reduced along ruled graphite lines |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove (chine colle) |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | On the doorway and foreground. |
| Print note: | There is texture on the sack at bottom left, giving the impression of grain from cloth/sandpaper/paper; could it be softground? |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' ('s' reversed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171.' |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | same graphite signature and shaded butterfly with oblique line in same location as on Fumette (1934.542) Liverdun (1934.606), The Unsafe Tenement (1934.571) and La Marchande de Moutarde (1934.629) |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '114' (encircled) at lower left verso; Wedmore number below lower left platemark corner recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0210202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.