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Rue de la Rochefoucault

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1937.174
State: 3/4

Collection credit:Bryan Lathrop Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Colnaghi's, London (stock no. c 9758). Acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1937.  
Additional acq. no:R 6218  

 

Paper size:210 x 295 mm  
Plate mark size:129 x 218 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'old ledger' paper  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:wiped clean except for plate edges  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:possibly printed with or by Frank Short ca 1899 (see Lochnan p. 263)  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'RUE DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULT' on board at top right, 'HUITRES DU JOUR' twice, either side of the shop front to right of centre  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'c 9758' at lower left recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:'118.' at upper left recto-- old inscription in brown ink  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4190202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.