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Print of row of busy shop fronts

Five shop fronts are arranged next to each other in front of a sidewalk and street, though it is unclear how many separate businesses occupy the space. The left shop front has a table out front with stacked items. The next two shop fronts have large windows. The two shop fronts on the right have low partitions with open space above them, revealing people and counters inside. Signs hang above the second-to-right storefront. A few people stand inside the shops or on the sidewalk outside. A sign at the top right edge of the building reads “RUE DE LA ROUCHEFOUCAULT.”

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.266
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
Rue de la Rochefoucault
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1893
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/12307

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on cream laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 12.5 x 21.5 cm (4 15/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
sheet: 13.4 x 21.8 cm (5 1/4 x 8 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l. signature tab: butterfly mark in pencil and inscribed imp.
  • inscription: recto l.l. signature tab, graphite pencil, signed, in artist's hand: butterfly mark and inscribed imp.
  • inscription: verso, graphite pencil, in artist's hand: Rue de la Rouchefoucault
  • inscription: verso l.r., graphite pencil, signed, in artist's hand: signed with a shaded butterfly and inscribed "1st state" and "2nd proof"
  • collector's mark: verso l.r. (verso of signature tab), blue ink, stamp: collector's mark of Howard Mansfield (Lugt 1342)
  • collector's mark: verso center, brown ink, stamp: collector's mark of Harris Whittemore (Lugt 1384a)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Howard Mansfield, (1342).
Harris Whittemore, (1384a).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/II
Standard Reference Number
K. 419

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.266
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/25/2024 - 07/15/2024

Verification Level

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