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Marchand de Vin, Paris

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 49907
State: 1/1

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; bequeathed by her to the University of Glasgow, 1958.  

 

Paper size:88 x 201 mm  
Plate mark size:82 x 200 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:inlaid; light weight, rough fibre, cut from same sheet as GLAHA 49912.  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:There is a light over all tone.  
Note on foul biting:There is light pitting over the shop front and street.  
Print note:printing flaw, inconsistency in way paper picked up ink, lines not fully printing, something odd in inking; slipped slightly in the press.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'CIDRE' on a sign in the window; 'TRATTAUR DOM CE [superscript 'CE'] & RE [superscript 'RE'] VINS TOJOURS' (?) on awning; BAR CHAMBRE' in circle above door.  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:6 x 14 mm, 34 mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K421 Marchand de Vin, Paris' On verso, at lower edge,  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4210103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.