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The Little Rag Shop, Milman's Row

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 54878
State: 1/2

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; bequeathed by her to the University of Glasgow, 1958.  

 

Paper size:71 x 103 mm  
Plate mark size:71 x 103 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:PRO PATRIA fragment  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light residual tone particularly at right edge  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:sharp impression  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 17 - 31 from left; pencil butterfly of 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:It could be that it was printed by Menpes?  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Mm' [?] on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2570103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.