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Newspaper-Stall, Rue de Seine

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1927.5968
State: 2/2

Collection credit:The Charles Deering Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Charles Deering (1852-1927), Chicago; Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Charles Deering Collection, 1927.  
Additional acq. no:R 3672  

 

Paper size:86 x 200 mm  
Plate mark size:82 x 200 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Ink colour, a deep reddish brown  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:on signboard top centre: '[H]OTEL / [D]E / [RO]ME / […]EMENTS ? / HAM[…] / […]MEUBLE[…]'; on magazines in window: '[??]LPRI', '[?]ABU[?]', 'GIL BLAS'  
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:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:[illegible-- 'saopllo' ?] at lower left verso (mostly erased)  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4320202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.