242Regent's QuadrantDetroit Institute of ArtsAccession no: 62.58 |
| Collection credit: | Anonymous bequest in memory of Hal H. Smith |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. E. E. MacCrone. Anonymous bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, 1962. |
| Paper size: | 168 x 120 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 164 x 120 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: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | more pronounced in left foreground and column, more cleanly wiped elsewhere |
| Note on foul biting: | pitting throughout, heavier in balcony; finer regular pits on central carriage and columns etc behind (fabric marks?); mark at upper edge, possibly grip from instrument |
| Print note: | sweeping curved wipe marks in foreground |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| 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: | 30 mm from left; tab 4 x 11 mm; pencil butterfly on tab |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HM' in oval stamp (Howard Mansfield, Lugt 1342) on verso of tab in blue ink ; verso, black ink stamp 'HW' (Harris Whittemore, see Lugt 1342); 'Wb.' (underlined; possibly 'WL.', unidentified) on verso in pencil. |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Regent's Quadrant' verso, centre: 'WW', lower centre. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2390306 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.