388The Market Place, ToursFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1889.10 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; bought through the Fine Art Society, London (receipt, 24 May 1889), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1889; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 269 x 135 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 269 x 135 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | The sheet was removed from a book, with discolouration along the top and right edges |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | graduated tone, with more at the bottom of the image and along the plate edges; a wide, even bands along the upper and lower edges; the tone is mottled by dust or lint in the ink when printed |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks across the etched area |
| Print note: | The bands of darker plate tone are also found on FGA 1903.272, Cellar-Door, Tours, K377 |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'BYRH' and 'PARIS' on shop at right |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly at lower right on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st. Proof.' (the st superscript) at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '7' at lower left on the verso (possibly by Whistler); 'Market Place- / Loches- / W339' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3740102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.