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Rag Shop, Milman's Row, Chelsea

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 54876
State: 4/4

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:151 x 226 mm  
Plate mark size:151 x 226 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:heavy weight  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:except for delicate flecking  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:in mirrored script above tab: '26 M[illegible] Str[eet?] lib / Co [illegible]'  
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 34-42 from left; pencil butterfly of 1890s  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:no  
Collector's mark:'RBP' in form of trefoil in circle (Rosalind Birnie Philip, variation on Lugt 405) on verso.  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Rag Shop, Milman's Row Chelsea' on verso in H. Wright's hand.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2720302  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.