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339

Flower Market, Brussels

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1903.247
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Obach & Co., (receipt, 25 November 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:179 x 66 mm  
Plate mark size:177 x 66 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:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone, slightly lighter over the upper storeys of the buildings  
Note on foul biting:considerable throughout, including clusters at upper left and bottom; a long vertical scratch near the upper left edge.  
Print note:New state; the only drypoint is in the doorway at centre.  

 

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 9-22 mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'10' at lower right on the verso; 'Guild House, Brussels. W346' across lower sheet edge on the verso by C.L. Freer  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3590102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.