265The Little Rag Shop, Milman's RowFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.18 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by himself. Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 68 x 102 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 68 x 102 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 |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light tone, slightly darker at the upper corners and along the bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | regular foul biting (from cloth or paper?) across the bench in the foreground |
| Print note: | Fine clear but pale impression |
| 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 25-36 mm from left, height 5 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'B.M.' stamp on verso of tab (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W209 Old Clothes Shop - 1st State/' along the lower edge on the verso, by C.L. Freer; '209' (upside down) on the tab verso; 'i/Ii-' at lower right on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2570102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.