398Windows, BourgesFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.166 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | From the Cox Collection. Bought from Obach & Co. (receipt, 11 July 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 149 x 80 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 147 x 80 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: | partial PRO PATRIA |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with pale graduated tone, heavier at the bottom; a wide even band of tone at the top and, less distinctly, at the bottom. |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| Print note: | A good clear impression, with effective wiping. There are wide even bands of plate tone on the FGA's impressions of K374, K378, K381, K389 and two impressions of K399 |
| 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 51-59 mm from left, height 2 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '23' at lower right on the verso; 'Obach + Co/ July.03' at lower left, 'Windows, Bourges' at lower centre and 'W332' at lower right, all on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K4000102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.