474Newspaper-Stall, Rue de SeineFogg Art Museum, HarvardAccession no: M12113 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Edwin de T. Bechtel |
| Image credit: | Photo © Imaging Department, President and Fellows of Harvard College |
| Provenance: | Given by Edwin de Turck Bechtel (1880-1957) to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA. |
| Paper size: | 83 x 200 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 82 x 199 mm |
| Note on size: | ca 1mm margin at top and left |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | heavy weight , 'antique' (pre 1800) laid paper. |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | slight tone at corners; shopfronts subtly highlighted |
| Note on foul biting: | very slight freckling and spots particularly at the edges. |
| Print note: | A vivid, rich impression. |
| 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: | There may be a scribble or smudge on the tab, but no butterfly. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K4320207 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.