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Rue de la Rochefoucault

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Accession no: 2005.266
State: 1/4

Collection credit:Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Sold by Whistler to Wunderlich & Co., 16 April 1889; Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore, Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Given by Patricia Cornwell to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, 2005.  

 

Paper size:131 x 218 mm  
Plate mark size:131 x 218 mm  
Note on size:The sheet is rather unevenly cut down the right edge.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid, 'antique'  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Clean-wiped.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A good, delicate impression, with beautiful effect of shadow within the doorway.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'RUE DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULT' on board at top right, 'HUITRES DU JOUR' twice, either side of shop front to right of centre  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly on verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'1st State / 2nd Proof -' on verso by Whistler, and '(no 6)' possibly by Whistler.  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:Pencil butterfly is tiny; height 3mm; 32-43mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:The butterfly on the verso dates from 1888/1889.  
Collector's mark:'HM' stamp (Howard Mansfield, Lugt 1342) in blue on tab; 'HW' stamp of Howard Whittemore (Lugt 1384a) all on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'HC. 89-80 - ADEE 1/2'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'(No 6) / Rue de la Rochefoucauld'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4190102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.