340The Church - Brussels (Adoration)Freer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.23 State: 2/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson, London (ca 1829 - d. 1891); probably sold at auction, Sotheby's, 3 March 1892. Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 128 x 173 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 125 x 173 mm |
| Note on size: | the sheet is trimmed within the plate mark at top and sides |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | liad |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | partial top of Hunting horn in shield |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale overall tone; traces of curving diagonal wiping marks |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks, more in the area between the columns, including patches at left; mottling from dust on the plate (?) around the butterfly |
| Print note: | This is the impression illustrated by Kennedy for his first state, (slightly masked at the bottom edge. Listed by E. G. Kennedy (1910) as having been owned by Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. |
| 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: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 34-44 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'JHH' blind stamp (J.H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921). 'B.M. stamp (B. B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394) on an old mount. |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '9579' at upper right on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'o Ep' (the Ep in script) lower edge.at lower right on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3560104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.