389Little Market Place, ToursColby College Museum of Art, MaineAccession no: 2013.373 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art |
| Image credit: | Photo © Colby College Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. 35756), 1902. Estate of George Hammond, Southern California; Annex Galleries, Santa Rosa, CA, 2002; bought by Peter Lunder, 4 September 2002; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007. |
| Additional acq. no: | 037.2002 |
| Paper size: | 125 x 174 mm |
| Plate mark size: | x mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | none visible |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | clear |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | 'A very fine impression with "burnished" surface' (dealer's records) |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'HOTEL' on sign in middle-distance left, 'HOTEL' etc over entrance; HALLES CENTRALES RAYMONDD [sic] FILS |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 32-40 from left; pencil butterfly slightly abraded |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | 'a 35756' is a Wunderlich & Co. inscription from 1902. The stock books do not show a 'Marketplace, Tours' with this stock no. The 'nu' is a coded price, 48, probably £48. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 35756 / nu -' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3750105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.