471Greengrocer's Shop, ParisMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 1991.1162 State: 1/1 |
| Collection credit: | The Elisha, Whittelsley Collection, The Elisha Whittelsley Fund |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Paul F. Walter, New York. Acquired for The Elisha, Whittelsley Collection with The Elisha Whittelsley Fund by the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Paper size: | 130 x 218 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 127 x 218 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Pro Patria |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light even tone |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered dots |
| Print note: | a fine impression though dirty or darkened left and right down the edge and at the top; velvety patches of shading in door |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'J.LORENSA' (?) On poster to left of top centre |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '2nd proof' and butterfly on verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly 1890s; tiny tab 141 - 149 from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'D' in pencil in circle ; 'HM' (Mansfield, Lugt 1342) partial on tab; 'HM' in pencil, all on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K4240108 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.