226The Fish Shop, VeniceFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1904.48 State: 7/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 45951). Bought from Doll & Richards Inc., New York (receipt, 8 April 1904), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1904; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 160 x 268 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 130 x 220 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | Asian? |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone, slightly darker at left and right |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered overall |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly (twice) |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The plate butterflies are on the shutter to the right of the window at left (faint) and approximately 30 mm below the faint signature (shaded) |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 45951' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'No 73' at lower centre on the verso; '249' (upside-down) at upper centre on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2180502 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.