395Hôtel de la Croix BlancheFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.165 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Cox Collection. Bought from Obach & Co. (receipt, 11 July 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 176 x 126 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 176 x 126 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 |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of tone at left, right and bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| Print note: | Good impression, restrained. There are remnants of the figure of a woman at right and pale lines at centre that appear unrelated to the subject. |
| 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.3) at lower right on the verso possibly by Whistler |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 29-33 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | NO |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Hotel de la Croix Blanche' at lower left on the verso and 'W32' at lower centre on the verso, both presumably by C.L. Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3730202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.