474Newspaper-Stall, Rue de SeineColby College Museum of Art, MaineAccession no: 2013.384 State: 2/2 |
Collection credit: | The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art |
Image credit: | Photo © Colby College Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Samuel Josefowitz; Fine Art Society, London; bought by Peter Lunder, 8 July 2004; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007. |
Additional acq. no: | 062.2004 |
Paper size: | 84 x 200 mm |
Plate mark size: | 83 x 197 mm |
Other size: | 81 x 197 inner platemark mm |
Note on size: | Trimmed close but not exactly to platemark. |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | none |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | very dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | very even, moderate tone |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: |
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: | 'SJ' (Josefowitz) |
Dealers' stock nos: | '4970' on verso |
Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K4320z03 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.