345The Courtyard, BrusselsFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1906.240 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Sir John S. Day. Royal Collection; bought from Obach & Co., (receipt, 22 September 1906), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1906; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 214 x 124 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 214 x 124 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: | PRO PATRIA AS (Chicago watermarks 249 and 250) |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale overall tone, heavier at plate edges and at bottom; vertical and slight diagonal wiping marks; picking at lower right |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered over the etched area; pale patches at upper right |
| Print note: |
| 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: | tab 41-51 mm from left, height 4 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The same device (with out the 'M' is inscribed on FGA 1896.48, Quai Ostend, K352 |
| Collector's mark: | 'JCD' blindstamp (Sir John Day, Lugt 526); |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '4549' at upper right on verso; crown at lower right on the verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Obach + Co Oct/06 W 250 Courtyard Brussels' from lower left to lower centre on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3550103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.