411Chancellerie, LochesNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8632 State: 5/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Listed by E. G. Kennedy (1910) as having been owned by J. Caldwell (John Caldwell, Pittsburgh (1882-1907)?). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10696 |
| Paper size: | 271 x 164 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 269 x 164 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: | faint traces of tone on the lower third of the image; picking at lower right corner |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks; light patches on the building facades at right; numerous short left-right and right-left diagonal scratches at right, including to the lower right of the plate butterfly signature. |
| Print note: |
| 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: | 'Selected Proof-' at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 34 to 44 mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Exp-' or 'Esp-' at lower right on the verso, possibly by Whistler |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3830502 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.