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Fish Shop, Chelsea

National Gallery of Australia
Accession no: 78.498

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Charles C. Cunningham (1910-1979), Chicago. Acquired through Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara, CA, by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.  
Additional acq. no:111895  

 

Paper size:140 x 216 mm  
Plate mark size:138 x 216 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:light weight, 'antique' laid paper.  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:crowned shield with hunting horn and 'HG' below (Chicago, no. 181)  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print 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:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'CCC' trefoil stamp on verso in brown ink (C.C. Cunningham).  
Dealers' stock nos:'C20445' at upper centre  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K26u1' (upside down); '1978.498' on verso; '105' (encircled) on verso, lower right.  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K2640204  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.