474Newspaper-Stall, Rue de SeineFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1906.130 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Sold by Whistler through the Company of the Butterfly, London; bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 84 x 200 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 81 x 200 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | partial PRO PATRIA |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of tone at both upper corners and at the lower right corner |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks, heavier at lower left |
| Print note: | Not the impression illustrated by Kennedy; very clear impression in warm black ink |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '[H]OTEL / [D]E / [RO]ME / […TEMENTS [?] / HAMB[…] / […]MEUBLE[…] on signboard at top centre; '[?]ILPRI', '[?]L'ARU[?]' and 'GIL BLAS' on magazines in window |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly at lower right on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '2. Proof-' at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 161-170 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: | 'Rue du Seine'; inscribed 'Supp 349' by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K4320103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.