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La Vieille aux Loques

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.230
State: 3/4

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Probably acquired from Whistler by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, (receipt, 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:258 x 188 mm  
Plate mark size:208 x 147 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:paper has a faint greenish tone; 'modern' laid (post 1880); vertical chain lines, much debris - even distribution; MS notes that it is the same paper as 1898.224 (K19)  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks: 'P' (cursive script)  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:overall plate tone with the cap of the figure more cleanly wiped  
Note on foul biting:considerable on door frames and pavement beneath doorway  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' ('s' reversed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171.'  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:no  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:M. Smith records previous existence of inscription "S.H." in graphite on etching's margin. I twas erased 1924.03.29.  
Collector's mark:'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W14' on verso by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0210204  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.