343High Street, BrusselsArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1924.661 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | From the Ethel Wrenn Bequest |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911), Chicago; bequeathed to his family, 1911; bequeathed by Ethel Wrenn, Chicago, to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1924. |
| Additional acq. no: | 6157 |
| Paper size: | 129 x 178 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 126 x 178 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | unidentified |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with some plate tone, particularly on lower quarter of plate |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly, upper centre left, and again at right centre |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly, verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | " 'La Rue Haute.' Brussels / 1st State -" on verso, lower right |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'J.H.W.' (John H. Wrenn, Lugt 1475) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3580103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.