Marchand de Vin, Paris |  Hunterian Art Gallery (49907) | |
| Number: | 438 | |
| Date: | 1888/1893 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 82 x 201 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 3 | |
| Catalogues: | K.421; M.429 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (3) | ||
TECHNIQUE
This is pure etching.
PRINTING
Only three impressions are known, and the third of these was presumably the one acquired by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) annotated ''3rd Proof ' by Whistler (
). It was printed in black ink on cream Asian laid paper, as was . Another impression in is black on light-weight fibrous Japanese paper (), which was also used for an impression of Rue de Vannes, Paris [435] ().
). It was printed in black ink on cream Asian laid paper, as was . Another impression in is black on light-weight fibrous Japanese paper (), which was also used for an impression of Rue de Vannes, Paris [435] ().Whistler seems to have had some trouble in printing the plate. This rarely happened in Whistler's work, but suggests he was having problems printing in Paris in the 1890s (see , , ). These could be due to problems with the printing press, or an assistant, or his own strength.
, , ). These could be due to problems with the printing press, or an assistant, or his own strength.