483Boulevard Poissonière, ParisFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.1 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from T. W. Dewing by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905 (receipt, 18 January 1905); bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 160 x 230 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 156 x 230 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint? |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Very pale overall tone. |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered flecks; tiny droplets at lower centre right. |
| Print note: | A slipped impression, mostly affecting the centre and upper left portions of the image; the impression illustrated by Kennedy does not show the foul biting at lower centre right. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| 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 47-55 mm from left, height 4 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W315' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K4230103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.