389Little Market Place, ToursNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8629 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Colnaghi's, London (stock no. c.7455). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10693 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian wove |
| Note on the paper: | medium weight paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | residual tone; inky platemark |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks; remnants of old work in a number of areas |
| Print note: | Cool black ink; fine drypoint additions above and within the passageway and to the pavement in front of it; a very few drypoint lines added to the lower façade of the building in the background at right |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'HOTEL' on sign above building left; 'HOTEL / HALLES CENTRALES / RAYMOND FILS' above passageway |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'c.7455' at lower right on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | Kennedy number and title at lower centre on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3750103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.