430The Wine Shop, AmboiseLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 370 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1952 |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 19701). Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | 178 x 127 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 176 x 127 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: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale tone at left and heavier tone at bottom; with distinct curving horizontal wiping marks |
| Note on foul biting: | few scattered flecks |
| Print note: | drypoint=fine left-right diagonals among shading at upper left of passageway; this is the impression illustrated by Kennedy |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'FILS COUVREUR.' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly at lower right on verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st Proof pulled' (the 'st' superscript with a '.' underneath) at lower right verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 33-41mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HM' stamp (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342) and 'HW' stamp (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 19701' at lower left verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '#156' at lower left verso; 'The Wine Shop' at lower centre verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3700103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.