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Little Greengrocer's Shop, Chelsea

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.3.136
State: 2/2

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

 

Paper size:74 x 101 mm  
Plate mark size:69 x 101 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' (pre 1800) laid paper.  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light horizontal wiped tone, more on centre and right  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:very fine, delicate print  

 

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:28-41 from left, pencil butterfly of 1885/6 (?)  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'29' on verso; '(3?)'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2590204  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.