343High Street, BrusselsFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1889.2 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., (receipt, 25 January 1890), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1889; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 124 x 175 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 124 x 175 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800) ? |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale tone at top and heavier tone at left and bottom; with distinct horizontal wiping marks; inky fingerprints at lower centre |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks across the etched areas |
| Print note: | This appears to be pure etching with the possible exception of fine horizontals at the left side of the leftmost doorway and tiny verticals on the rightmost upper windowpane; under a microscope, the medium of that shading remains unclear but looks somewhat more like fine etching |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly at upper left and a second butterfly at centre right |
| 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 41-51 mm from left, height 2 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'The High Street Brussels- / W254' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer; 'YC xr' (in script, the xr--or c reversed c r--r is superscript and underlined. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3580204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.