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Grand'Place, Brussels

Private collection
Accession no: -

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Estate of George Hammond, Southern California; Annex Galleries, Santa Rosa, CA, 2002. Private Collection.  

 

Paper size:223 x 138 mm  
Plate mark size:221 x 138 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique, cream laid Japanese paper' according to dealer; fibrous  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light plate tone, with more at the bottom, sensitively wiped  
Note on foul biting:some dots  
Print note:'A very fine impression… beautifully printed'  

 

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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tiny pencil butterfly of 1890  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project, owner's records  
ID:K3620202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.