27La Vieille aux LoquesFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1890.1 State: 3/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | F. Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London. Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, (receipt, 18 January 1890), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, January 1890; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 220 x 160 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 208 x 146 mm |
| Note on size: | small margins |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Japan laid |
| Note on the paper: | Eastern paper: gansenshi; much debris - even distribution, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light overall tone, providing a slight surface texture. |
| Note on foul biting: | considerable on door frames and pavement beneath doorway. |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' ('s' reversed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171.' |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: | 0 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | M. Smith records previous existence of inscription "S.H." in graphite on etching's margin. It was erased 1925.06.16. She also notes Haden's inscription on the original mount: "Mr. Avery has an impression without the name of Delatre." |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W14' on verso by C. L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0210205 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.