428Under the Cathedral, BloisFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1906.125 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York. Bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 219 x 128 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 215 x 128 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800) ? |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of tone near the corners and edges |
| Note on foul biting: | considerable granular tone, especially a left and right |
| Print note: | There are remnants of earlier work--figures in the left doorway and to the right of it |
| 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 90-99 mm from left, height 4 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) ; 'H.W' or 'H.M.' in graphite pencil at lower centre on the verso (probably H. Mansfield, see Lugt 1342)) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Blois Cathedral - W345' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer, |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3970103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.