340The Church - Brussels (Adoration)Freer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1904.456 State: 2/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Purchased from Rosalind Birnie-Phillip by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1904; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 131 x 177 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 127 x 177 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | partial bottom of Hunting horn in shield / HG (Chicago watermark 181) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Traces of tone at the plate edges and at the lower left corner; dust or lint spots in the tone at lower left. |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered flecks, more in the area between the columns, including patches at left; mottling from dust on the plate (?) around the butterfly. |
| 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: | tab 25-35 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '21.81' at lower left on the verso; 'RBP (underlined) / The Church, Brussels-' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3560103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.