344Archway, BrusselsArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1917.583 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1917. |
| Additional acq. no: | 1776 |
| Paper size: | 165 x 248 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 125 x 215 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with some light plate tone, mostly on the right half of the plate |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | There are remnants of old work, including a head to the left of the woman and child on the steps and the figure between the woman in the right foreground and the child diagonally behind her (these remnants print less clearly than on 1938.1867). |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'VANDENBROECK - DEBECKER - BOULANGER . 337' on shop sign |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly and 'imp' at lower left |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | Circular stamp of Bryan Lathrop (Lugt 2972). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '350' at lower left recto; 'Archway, Brussels' below platemark at lower centre recto; '1776' at lower right recto; '6 Boulangerie' at lower left verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3660103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.