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344

Archway, Brussels

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1917.583
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Bryan Lathrop Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1917.  
Additional acq. no:1776  

 

Paper size:165 x 248 mm  
Plate mark size:125 x 215 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
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:printed with some light plate tone, mostly on the right half of the plate  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:There are remnants of old work, including a head to the left of the woman and child on the steps and the figure between the woman in the right foreground and the child diagonally behind her (these remnants print less clearly than on 1938.1867).  

 

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:butterfly and 'imp' at lower left  
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:  
Collector's mark:Circular stamp of Bryan Lathrop (Lugt 2972).  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'350' at lower left recto; 'Archway, Brussels' below platemark at lower centre recto; '1776' at lower right recto; '6 Boulangerie' at lower left verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3660103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.