Booth, Market place, Loches

Maker(s)
Artist: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Historical period(s)
1888
Medium
Etching; ink on cream color fine laid paper
Dimensions
H x W (overall): 7.9 x 14.8 cm (3 1/8 x 5 13/16 in)
Geography
United States
Credit Line
Purchase — funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Willard G. Clark and the Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Study Collection
Accession Number
FSC-GR-653
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Print
Type

Intaglio

Keywords
commerce, United States
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Inscription(s)

On the verso, on the bottom of the sheet, are two notations in pencil: 42 H. M.

Marking(s)

On the middle of the verso is Harris P. Whittemore's monogram stamped in dark brown ink. On the verso of the tab is the top half of Howard Mansfield's monogram stamped in brown ink.

Label

Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonn&‌eacute;," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G425 state 1 of 1.

Published References
  • Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonée., 2012. .
  • The Etched Work of James A. McNeill Whistler: Part II (final) of the Well-Known Collection of the late Harris Whittemore, Including a Complete Collection of Whister's Lithographic Work, by order of the J.H. Whittemore Company. New York. lot 168, p. 27.
Collection Area(s)
American Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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