The Little Wheelwright's |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46892) | |
| Number: | 261 | |
| Date: | 1886 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 66 x 98 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 13 | |
| Catalogues: | K.245; M.242 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (13) | ||
The copper plate has not been located. The copper plate was close in size to Barges, Dordrecht 262 and to several plates dating from 1886 and 1887 including
Church Door, Edgware 291,
Butcher's Shop, Sandwich, Kent 320, The Abbey Jubilee 296 and Children's Fruit Barrow 347.
It was almost certainly printed after Whistler's death, possibly by Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1860-1938). In a draft catalogue of Whistler's etchings, Joseph Pennell (1860-1926) wrote 'Mr Menpes owns this plate.' 5
5: J. Pennell, n.d., draft catalogue (cat. no. 246), Library of Congress, Pennell Collection, Box. 353.