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Little Greengrocer's Shop, Chelsea

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1902.128
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1902; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:68 x 102 mm  
Plate mark size:69 x 102 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian laid  
Note on the paper:the paper colour seems to be ivory discoloured to buff  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light even tone.  
Note on foul biting:  
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:tab 26-40 mm from left, height 6 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'16384' at lower right on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Foqo' and 'Af(?)l-' at lower right on the verso; 'W.210 Fruit Shop' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2590203  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.