Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1857/1858 Collection: Private Collection Accession Number: none Medium: pencil Support: cream wove paper Size: 7 3/8 x 4 3/16" (187 x 106 mm) Signature: 'Whistler' [possibly by the artist] Inscription: 'Maison - / Rue Orbe -' and, on shop, 'MENUISIER [ARBRE or AUBRE?]'
This is the shop of a joiner or carpenter. There is a Rue Orbe in Rouen and another in Bayonne. It is likely this is in Rouen, an important city on the River Seine, capital of the region of Normandy.