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Rue des Bons Enfants, Tours

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1934.638
State: 4/5

Collection credit:Bryan Lathrop Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934.  

 

Paper size:153 x 80 mm  
Plate mark size:149 x 79 mm  
Note on size:.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:spotty foul-biting  
Print note:a good impression, clear, glowing  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'22' above doorway  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Rue des Bons Enfants - Tours-' at lower left verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of 1890  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:The print bears the Art Institute duplicate stamp, but it was not deaccessioned  
Collector's mark:Circular stamp with Japanese letters (Bryan Lathrop, Lugt 2972); Art Institute of Chicago duplicate stamp (Lugt 702h)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'24' at lower centre verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3720302  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.