327J.H. Woods' Fruit Shop, ChelseaKupferstichkabinett BerlinAccession no: 190-1908 State: 2/4 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin |
Provenance: | Obach & Co., London; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1908, for £12.0.0. |
Paper size: | 98 x 132 mm |
Plate mark size: | 96 x 132 mm |
Note on size: | paper size includes tab |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | ? |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light residual tone, darker along right edge |
Note on foul biting: | fine, relatively dense pitting across plate except area shaded with drypoint behind woman and window panes on the left |
Print note: |
Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Fruit & Potato - J. H. WOODS - Salesman' |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
Whistler's signature on paper: | on tab |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | not on recto |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | 27 mm from left, 2 x 8 mm |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | |
Dealers' stock nos: | |
Misc inscriptions by others: |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K2650204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.