226The Fish Shop, VeniceBritish MuseumAccession no: 1979-06-23-56 State: 3/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Listed by E. G. Kennedy, no owner given, 1910. Sold at auction, Parke-Bernet, New York (lot 257), 14-16 May 1974; Thomas Agnew & Sons, London; sold to the British Museum, London, 1979, for £1800. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA52143 |
| Paper size: | 131 x 223 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 130 x 222 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | - |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone; stronger, vertically wiped soft liquid tone of different shades in water (at bottom); patches of tone in right corners; some tone used to deepen darker parts of the print (window, doorway, right opening) |
| Note on foul biting: | pitting of varied size and density across plate |
| Print note: | narrow band of ink reticulation along left edge; beautiful impression with strong burr |
| 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: | pencil butterfly of 1880/1881; tab 57-77 mm from left, 9 x 21 mm; |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | 'JP 6753' is Agnew's stock no. |
| Collector's mark: | crown and 'BM P&D 1979 6 23 56' stamp on verso at bottom left |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '54859' on verso bottom centre ; 'JP 6753' bottom left |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2180202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.