339Flower Market, BrusselsFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.247 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Obach & Co., (receipt, 25 November 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 179 x 66 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 177 x 66 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: | light overall tone, slightly lighter over the upper storeys of the buildings |
| Note on foul biting: | considerable throughout, including clusters at upper left and bottom; a long vertical scratch near the upper left edge. |
| Print note: | New state; the only drypoint is in the doorway at centre. |
| 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 9-22 mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '10' at lower right on the verso; 'Guild House, Brussels. W346' across lower sheet edge on the verso by C.L. Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3590102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.