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Fish Shop, Chelsea

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8579
State: 1/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Bought on 14 January 1928 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10643  

 

Paper size:141 x 216 mm  
Plate mark size:138 x 216 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:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with pale overall tone, heavier at lower right; with distinct, curving, left-right diagonal wiping marks  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks; heavier patches over the figure group at left and at lower centre  
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 47 to 60 mm from left; butterfly of 1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:' "Fish Shop. Busy Chelsea". Rare 1st State.' (the 'st' superscript) from lower left to lower centre on the verso; '(D0 773) 12oo-' at lower right on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2640107  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.