438Marchand de Vin, ParisFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1906.129 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from the Society of the Butterfly by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, in 1900; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 86 x 201 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 82 x 201 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian 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 light tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | It appears that a dog (or something else?) was once at lower left but has been scraped out |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'RUE / MAZARINE' on a sign at left; '… C[or D]OM…VINS…' on the awning; 'CIDRE' on the sign in a window |
| 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: | '3rd Proof' at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 43-54 mm from left, height 4 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The pencil butterfly on the verso is very messy |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'S348' at lower right on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Marchand du Vin' at lower right on the recto by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K4210102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.