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Grand'Place, Brussels

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Accession no: 1954/1.401
State: 1/2

Collection credit:Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker  
Image credit:Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Possibly Royal Collection, Windsor; Obach & Co., London, 1927; bought by Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954.  

 

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:Small shield [with crown? at centre] countermark?  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with light plate tone, darker at the bottom  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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:butterfly 'imp'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly on tab  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:crown symbol, pencil (possibly denoting Royal collection, Lugt 2921h)  
Dealers' stock nos:'C. 14835' at lower centre on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:Kennedy number, state and title ('The Grande Place, Brussels') at centre on the verso, possibly by Harold Wright  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3620108  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.