335Grand'Place, BrusselsUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann ArborAccession 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.