471Greengrocer's Shop, ParisBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 66.963 State: 1/1 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Possibly Royal Collection, Windsor. Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. R. E. Lewis, Inc., San Francisco, CA; purchased by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, December 1966 (Lee M. Friedman Fund). |
| Paper size: | 125 x 215 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 125 x 215 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | virtually transparent |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | clean-wiped, save widish 'border' of tone at left edge |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | wonderful impression |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'J. J. GREUZE' [?] |
| 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: | |
| Collector's mark: | crown symbol, pencil (possibly denoting Royal collection, Lugt 2921h); 'HHB' (H.H. Benedict, Lugt 2936); MFA (Lugt 282) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Px. [?] 6[og?]'; 'P£' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K4240103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.