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Street at Saverne

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.1935
State: 2/4

Collection credit:The Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Possibly, as noted in a marginal note, from the collection of Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart (1837-1880). Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York. Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago; bequeathed to his sisters; passed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938.  
Additional acq. no:R 5750  

 

Paper size:294 x 214 mm  
Plate mark size:207 x 157 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Light plate tone in the sky and on the building at right: the lantern wiped more cleanly but not clean-wiped like buildings to left below it.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques.'  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HM' (Howard Mansfield, Lugt 1342) and 'C.B.' (C. Buckingham, Lugt 497)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'From Jacquemart's collection' inscription in lower margin on recto (in French, barely legible)  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0190302  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.