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Archway, Brussels

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1903.169
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Cox Collection. Bought from Obach & Co., (receipt, 11 July 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:125 x 216 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 216 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:partial countermark-- probably DHK (see Chicago watermarks 108-109)  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with tone near the top, left and right plate edges  
Note on foul biting:considerable over the etched areas  
Print note:warm black, looking brown on this paper  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'VANDENBROECK - DEBECKER - BOULANGER . 337' on shop sign.  
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 30-41 mm from left, height 3 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Archway, Brussells [sic]' at lower left on the verso and 'W350' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3640104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.