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The Courtyard, Brussels

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 355
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1946  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Robert Hartshorne. H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 15256). Purchased from the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:215 x 125 mm  
Plate mark size:215 x 125 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:many small paper inclusions (much debris)  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:tone at bottom; with distinct diagonal and slightly curving horizontal wiping marks  
Note on foul biting:dots and flecks  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
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:at 24 to 34 mm; h 3 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'RH' stamp (R. Hartshorne, Lugt suppl. 2215b).  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 15256'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'4' at centre right verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3550109  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.