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Fruit Stall

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.3.101
State: 8/21

Collection credit:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917.  

 

Paper size:232 x 151 mm  
Plate mark size:225 x 150 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:crown over design over 'B4' (small B, large 4 ending in a trefoil)  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light graduated tone, appearing brown, darker at the bottom; wiped clean on the figures and at the right edge.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:scraping. burnishing visible; slightly warm black ink  

 

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 38-55mm from left; butterfly of 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'B.M.' stamp on verso (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'vv166' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2000604  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.