Booth, Market place, Loches

Object Details

Signatures

Whistler's butterfly is drawn in pencil on the tab and also etched on the plate.

Marks

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.

Inscriptions

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

Edition/State

Only state

Label

The tiny, picturesque town of Loches on the Loire River in Touraine, France, was another stop on Whistler’s honeymoon tour. An old-fashioned market booth appears in reverse in this rare etching, but Whistler has included a legible poster advertising a new alcoholic beverage, Byrrh. Created only two years before the etching was made, Byrrh was first marketed as a health drink. It soon became a popular French aperitif and is still in production.

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.

Collection

Freer Study Collection

Exhibition History

Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change (November 18, 2023 to May 4, 2024)

Data Source

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Artist

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

Date

1888

Credit Line

Purchase — funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Willard G. Clark and the Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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)

Type

Print