411Chancellerie, LochesFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1889.17 State: 2/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., (receipt, 1889), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1889; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 269 x 164 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 269 x 164 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | the paper colour is ivory discoloured to buff |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Arms of Amsterdam |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with light overall tone, wiped cleaner at centre |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks overall; light patches on the central building; a long curving scratch from the second storey balcony of the central building to the head of the standing figure at right |
| Print note: | A lovely impression with soft tone.There are faint lines from an earlier subject at upper centre |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'REMENTS', sign below window |
| 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. State- / only three proofs printed' / at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 35-45 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| 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: | 'Chancellors [sic] Office, Loches. W334' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3830202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.