474Newspaper-Stall, Rue de SeineFogg Art Museum, HarvardAccession 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.