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The Courtyard, Brussels

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.3.146
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Sold by Whistler to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 14 May 1888; sent on approval to Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; returned, June 1889 (stock no. a16392). Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917.  

 

Paper size:219 x 125 mm  
Plate mark size:216 x 125 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' (pre 1800)  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:partial, Pro Patria  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:wiped, even light tone, more at bottom, looks buff  
Note on foul biting:a few scattered dots  
Print note:good impression, not rich, straight forward  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: '32', possibly by Whistler  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly 1887; tiny tab 22-32 from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 16392' and 'a 59410'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'HW & Co', 'Courtyard' on verso (I.e. H. Wunderlich & Co.); 'HOX (illegible). -' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3550107  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.