20La Marchande de MoutardeFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1891.6 State: 2/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, (receipt, 15 August 1891), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, August 1891; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 217 x 144 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 157 x 89 mm |
| Note on size: | wide margin |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1880); little debris - even distribution, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial: Wizernes. (with a triangular shape above) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | some light plate tone, slightly darker near plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | considerable on door frames and pavement beneath doorway |
| Print note: | Faint, curved horizontal drypoint lines at bottom of girl's skirt and slight left-right diagonal drypoint lines on floor beneath woman to right of child. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler'' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] 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 grahite on etching's margin. It was erased 1923.12.23. |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W16 1st [underscored] State' on verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0220203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.