412Hôtel de Ville, LochesNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8633 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Sold by Whistler to Wunderlich & Co., 16 April 1889. Knoedler & Co., New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10697 |
| Paper size: | 271 x 165 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 267 x 165 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' paper, dark edgeat right |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | 'GR' countermark (to Strasbourg Lily?) |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale tone at top and slightly heavier tone at right and bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | many scattered flecks |
| Print note: | New state; warm black ink; the only possible drypoint are the faint lines of the standing man in the midst of the central figure group-- these could also be partly scraped out etching or lightly etched lines. |
| 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: | butterfly at lower right on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'No 4' at lower left on the verso; '1st. Proof'' (the 'st' superscript) at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 29 to 40 mm from left; 1888 butterfly |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'MK 30692' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '384' at lower centre on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3840104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.