UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

Home > The Catalogue > Impression

Return to previous page

474

Newspaper-Stall, Rue de Seine

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: E.5311-1907
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:J. Bramson; bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 13 November 1907, 450 fr.  
Additional acq. no:EE.2A  

 

Paper size:89 x 201 mm  
Plate mark size:83 x 200 mm  
Note on size:mount stuck down so unable to determine paper size  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid ?  
Note on the paper:paper yellowed.  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:slight, fairly even, slightly darker towards edges  
Note on foul biting:slight pitting around the figures and dog; slight foul biting towards the edges and corners  
Print note:much burnishing out in the left half, or parts drawn but not etched  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:various signs: 'GIL BLAS / BON' [?]; 'VARUN'; 'AILDRI' ; '[…]OTEL / […]ME / […]TEMPER / […]HAMA / […]SABLE' [?] [check]  
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 41 mm from left, 5 x 13 mm; faint pencil butterfly probably not b  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'VAM' circular stamp on verso partially showing through  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4320203  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.