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The Village Sweet Shop

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46621
State: 1/1

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Gift, 1935  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; given by her to the University of Glasgow, 1935.  

 

Paper size:89 x 123 mm  
Plate mark size:82 x 123 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light, slightly more pronounced towards the edges and in the doorway  
Note on foul biting:pitting; granular surface tone, particularly around broken door; foul biting, particularly in lower right corner; under window area, by butterfly and above window where formerly scrim marks (see Kennedy) but worn down - less granular tone in this print than in the one illustrated in Kennedy although only one described state.  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
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:26 mm from left; tab 7 x 13 mm; ; butterfly of 1884/1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
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:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2510104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.