356Nut Shop, St James's Place, HoundsditchFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.210 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 10 November 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 126 x 176 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 126 x 176 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | the paper is almost discoloured to buff |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | partial PRO PATRIA AS (see Chicago Watermarks 249 and 250) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | some pale tone near the plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks and small patches throughout |
| Print note: | There is a faint trace of a second butterfly signature in the plate at the lower right of the more prominent butterfly; drypoint additions imply that there was an earlier state. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly (twice, the second butterfly very faint) |
| 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 23-35 mm from left, height 4 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 35405' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Nut Shop' at lower left on the verso; 'W301' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2910102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.