414Tour Saint Antoine, LochesFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1889.9 State: 1/1 |
Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
Provenance: | Bought through Fine Art Society, London (receipt, 24 May 1889), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1889; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
Paper size: | 149 x 80 mm |
Plate mark size: | 146 x 80 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | cream |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light overall tone, wiped slightly cleaner over the buildings at centre right |
Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
Print note: | Goor crisp impression |
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 12-22 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: | 'm', or '3' on its side, at lower left on the verso; 'W388 / Tower of St Antoine-' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K3920103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.