477Antony's Print Shop, Rue de SeineFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1906.133 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1906; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 154 x 189 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 151 x 189 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: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very pale overall tone, slightly heavier near the plate corners |
| Note on foul biting: | considerable; fine flecks over the entire plate |
| Print note: | There are remnants of several earlier figures and other details; an unfinished plate |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | partial butterfly concealed in the curtain at left. |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'ANTONY' over the shop |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly at lower left on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Early proof-' at lower left on the verso and 'Antony - / print shop. / Rue de Seine' at lower right on the verso. |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 37-46 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'G355' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K4310102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.