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Fish Shop, Chelsea

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Accession no: 2005.264

Collection credit:Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Patricia Cornwell; given to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, 2005.  

 

Paper size:140 x 215 mm  
Plate mark size:140 x 215 mm  
Other size:tab height 7mm mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid, 'antique'  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:clean wiped  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:The impression is reasonable, and the colour is a warm black.  

 

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:42-59mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'16153', '1856' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:The Fish Shop, Chelsea W. 214  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2640114  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.