263The Barber's Shop, ChelseaNational Gallery of AustraliaAccession no: 78.436 State: 1/2 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Charles C. Cunningham (1910-1979), Chicago. Acquired through Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara, CA, by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1978. |
| Additional acq. no: | 111771 |
| Paper size: | 168 x 240 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 164 x 240 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | light weight |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | 'GR' |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | signs in window and door on left: 'HAIR CUTTING & SHAVING', 'CUT / 3', 'HAIR / CUT / 2', on the poster advertising a newspaper: 'FRED CARLOS' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'CCC' trefoil stamp on verso in brown ink (C.C. Cunningham). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'C 21985' on verso, at lower right ; at lower right 'V1Rx'. |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'K271'on verso, at lower centre; at lower left, 'The Barber w271 k'; lower centre, 'only state'; at lower right, '1978.436'. |
| Source of information: | Museum records |
| ID: | K2710109 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.