435Rue de Vannes, ParisFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.96 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Robert Dunthorne, London (receipts, 10 and 31 August 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 225 x 133 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 222 x 132 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Traces of tone along the plate edges. |
| Note on foul biting: | A few scattered flecks. |
| Print note: | Remnant or beginning of a seated figure at lower right; note that this etching was not illustrated by Kennedy. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'ALIMENTAR…' on sign above doorway |
| 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 32-41 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'undescribed' at lower left on verso and 'Rue de Vauvares' at lower centre on verso, by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K4390102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.