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Street at Saverne

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 19
State: 3/4

Collection credit:Hubbard Fund, 1933  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Purchased with the Hubbard Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:360 x 290 mm  
Plate mark size:208 x 159 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory on light tan  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine on wove plate paper  
Note on the paper:the support sheet is off-white discoloured to tan  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:selective tone; buildings at left are wiped cleaner and the light is wiped mostly clean  
Note on foul biting:as usual  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques.'  
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:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'12' at upper right on the recto; a note recorded from an old mat: 'Superb proof of the first printing by Delatre.'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0190424  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.