264Little Greengrocer's Shop, ChelseaFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1902.128 State: 2/2 |
Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1902; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
Paper size: | 68 x 102 mm |
Plate mark size: | 69 x 102 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | buff |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
Note on the paper: | the paper colour seems to be ivory discoloured to buff |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | very light even tone. |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: |
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 26-40 mm from left, height 6 mm |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | '16384' at lower right on verso |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Foqo' and 'Af(?)l-' at lower right on the verso; 'W.210 Fruit Shop' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K2590203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.