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Little Market Place, Tours

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 2013.373
State: 1/1

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. 35756), 1902. Estate of George Hammond, Southern California; Annex Galleries, Santa Rosa, CA, 2002; bought by Peter Lunder, 4 September 2002; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007.  
Additional acq. no:037.2002  

 

Paper size:125 x 174 mm  
Plate mark size: x mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:none visible  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:clear  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:'A very fine impression with "burnished" surface' (dealer's records)  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'HOTEL' on sign in middle-distance left, 'HOTEL' etc over entrance; HALLES CENTRALES RAYMONDD [sic] FILS  
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:32-40 from left; pencil butterfly slightly abraded  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:'a 35756' is a Wunderlich & Co. inscription from 1902. The stock books do not show a 'Marketplace, Tours' with this stock no. The 'nu' is a coded price, 48, probably £48.  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 35756 / nu -'  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3750105  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.