396Hôtel Lallement, BourgesFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1889.30 State: 2/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 3 May 1889), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1889; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 164 x 269 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 164 x 269 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: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with tone near the plate edges and at bottom; wide even bands near the left and right edges |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks and tiny clusters |
| Print note: | A good, vivid impression. There are wide even bands of plate tone on the FGA's impressions of K374, K378, K381, K389, another impression of K399 and K400 |
| 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: | butterfly at lower right on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'First State. Early Proof' at lower right on the verso. 'No 11.' at lower left on the verso, possibly by Whistler. |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 57-67 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Whistler's state inscription is incorrect |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Hotel Lallement, Bourges HW + Co' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3990202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.