266The Village Sweet ShopBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 23.1248 State: 1/1 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 88195 or 38195). Francis Bullard (1862-1913), Boston; passed to his brother Dr William Norton Bullard (1853-1931), Boston; given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, April 1923. |
| Paper size: | 86 x 123 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 81 x 123 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Pro Patria - fragment of stockade |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | moderate overall tone, (round object upper part of window wiped as highlight?) |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | a quiet impression, slightly rubbed down area in the doorway, where the shadows are softened or the ink rubbed off |
| 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: | tab 29-42 from left; pencil butterfly dates from 1886/1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | If 'a38195' is correct, it would have been handled by Wunderlich& Co. in 1903, but the stock books do not contain any Whistler print with that stock number |
| Collector's mark: | MFA (Lugt 282) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 88195' or '38195' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'w 205 The Village Sweet Shop 35.' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2510105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.