474Newspaper-Stall, Rue de SeineHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46650 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Gift, 1935 |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; given by her to the University of Glasgow, 1935. |
| Paper size: | 86 x 200 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 81 x 200 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: | left fragment of Pro Patria |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light even residual tone; only slightly darker at the top right; and at the plate mark |
| Note on foul biting: | fine scattered pitting across figures; single pits here and there |
| Print note: | Under a microscope, the very few areas of finest shading (in the open doorway at left) appear to be etched; so this is an etching rather than etching and drypoint |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | on signboard top centre: '[H]OTEL / [D]E / [RO]ME / […]EMENTS ? / HAM[…] / […]MEUBLE[…]'; on magazines in window: '[??]LPRI', '[?]ABU[?]', 'GIL BLAS' |
| 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: | tab 161 mm from left, 4 x 7 mm, pencil butterfly of 1889/1890s |
| 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 |
| ID: | K4320104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.