342Petite Rue des BouchersFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.213 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1895 (stock no. a25565); probably sold to Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; returned to H. Wunderlich & Co. in exchange, April 1903 (stock no. a37567, 'Street Brussels'); sold to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI (receipt, 10 November 1903); bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 182 x 83 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 182 x 83 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: | 'IV' countermark |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light plate tone on lower 250 mm of plate; with distinct vertical wiping marks |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| 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 13-23 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 25565' erased and barely legible on verso; 'a 37567' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W353' on verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3670102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.