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Fish Shop, Chelsea

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 264.1

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1939  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Pennell Fund.  

 

Paper size:140 x 218 mm  
Plate mark size:140 x 218 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:tan  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:discoloured  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Arms of Amsterdam, according to catalogue card description  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale overall; diagonal picking and associated printer's crease at lower right  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:only drypoint at upper right corner of rightmost dark doorway  

 

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:at 47 to 65 mm; height 7 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:hinged to mat so verso not examined  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2640113  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.