408Château de Verneuil, TouraineFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1891.11 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., (receipt, 15 August 1891), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1891; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 178 x 126 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 178 x 126 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| 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: | With light tone at centre and heavier tone at the corners |
| Note on foul biting: | Faint patches at lower left |
| Print note: | The fine lines that appear to be drypoint are actually scraped-out etched lines from an earlier, abandoned subject; they do not relate to the present image. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| 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: | tab 21-30 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Note the incorrect or alternate title insciption |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 19691' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W35' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer; 'Chateau St. Germain' at lower centre on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3800103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.