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Grand'Place, Brussels

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1934.608
State: 1/2

Collection credit:Bryan Lathrop Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 15257). Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934.  
Additional acq. no:R 3215  

 

Paper size:224 x 142 mm  
Plate mark size:221 x 142 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:crown over 'GR'  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with some plate tone, slightly heavier near the plate edges and on the lower quarter of plate  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:The only drypoint is in the dense shading on several windows.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'SALLE DE VENTE DEN[?]' (sign on right of building)  
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:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 15257' at lower left verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'150.27 cat 4' at lower left verso; 'em-' at lower right verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3620102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.