267Fish Shop, ChelseaFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.41 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 37189). Edward G. Kennedy. Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; acquired by Wunderlich's in exchange from Mansfield, February 1903, valued at $60; 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: | 140 x 218 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 140 x 217 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 and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Pale overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered flecks, slightly heavier by the figure group near the left plate edge |
| Print note: | Quite light and pale in the doors |
| 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: | Pencil butterfly dates from about 1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'EGK' stamp (Edward G. Kennedy; Lugt 857); 'HM' stamp (Howard Mansfield, Lugt 1342) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 37189' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W214 Busy Chelsea. Fish Shop Chelsea' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2640202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.