391Courtyard, Rue P. L. Courier, ToursFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1908.2 State: 1/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Obach & Co., (receipt, 14 December 1907), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1908; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 147 x 79 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 147 x 79 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 |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light overall, slightly heavier at the bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks and small patches; trace of a vise mark at the upper right corner |
| Print note: |
| 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.6)' on verso, possibly by Whistler |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 20-39 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: | '(170.5)' or '(190.5)' at lower right on the verso; 'W351' and 'W' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer; 'elipse' with a diagonal slash (erased) at lower right on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3680001 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.