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Grand'Place, Brussels

Grafische Sammlung der Albertina, Vienna
Accession no: DG1922/47
State: 1/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Gottfried Eissler (1862-1924), Vienna; at auction, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, November 1921, possibly unsold; acquired in 1922 by the Albertina, Vienna, by exchange with C. G. Boerner, Leipzig.  

 

Paper size:222 x 139 mm  
Plate mark size:220 x 139 mm  
Note on size:paper size includes tab  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japan  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:even plate tone; darker, horizontally wiped tone towards lower margin  
Note on foul biting:fine and loose scattered pitting  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'SALLE DE VENTE DEN[?]' (sign on right of building)  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:on tab  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:24 mm from left, 4 x 11 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:verso lower left corner 'Albertina Graph. Sammlg' in circle (Lugt 5e); stamp 'Gottfried Eissler' in brown rectangular frame (Lugt 805b).  
Dealers' stock nos:verso lower margin 'N° 7188'  
Misc inscriptions by others:verso '7'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3620114  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.