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La Vieille aux Loques

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1890.1
State: 3/4

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:F. Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London. Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, (receipt, 18 January 1890), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, January 1890; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:220 x 160 mm  
Plate mark size:208 x 146 mm  
Note on size:small margins  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japan laid  
Note on the paper:Eastern paper: gansenshi; much debris - even distribution, horizontal chain lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Light overall tone, providing a slight surface texture.  
Note on foul biting:considerable on door frames and pavement beneath doorway.  
Print note:  

 

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:0  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:M. Smith records previous existence of inscription "S.H." in graphite on etching's margin. It was erased 1925.06.16. She also notes Haden's inscription on the original mount: "Mr. Avery has an impression without the name of Delatre."  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W14' on verso by C. L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0210205  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.