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Newspaper-Stall, Rue de Seine

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Accession no: M12113
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Edwin de T. Bechtel  
Image credit:Photo © Imaging Department, President and Fellows of Harvard College  
Provenance:Given by Edwin de Turck Bechtel (1880-1957) to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA.  

 

Paper size:83 x 200 mm  
Plate mark size:82 x 199 mm  
Note on size:ca 1mm margin at top and left  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:heavy weight , 'antique' (pre 1800) laid paper.  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:slight tone at corners; shopfronts subtly highlighted  
Note on foul biting:very slight freckling and spots particularly at the edges.  
Print note:A vivid, rich impression.  

 

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:no  
Note on the tab:There may be a scribble or smudge on the tab, but no butterfly.  

 

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:K4320207  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.