403Court of the Monastery of St Augustine, BourgesFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: FSC-GR-702 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | George Hammond Estate; the Annex Galleries, Santa Rosa, CA, [2002]; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004. |
| Additional acq. no: | FSC-GR-702 |
| Paper size: | 133 x 219 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 130 x 219 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | The sheet was removed from a book, with discolouration along the left and bottom sheet edges; 'modern' laid (post 1800) ? |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very pale overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks; tiny patches at bottom and right plate edges; faint slightly diagonal scratches to the upper left of the leftmost arch and from the dark passageway to the balustrade at right |
| Print note: | A fine impression with 'burnished' surface. |
| 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 174-184 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '137' at lower centre on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3980103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.