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Greengrocer's Shop, Paris

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession 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.