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J.H. Woods' Fruit Shop, Chelsea

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession 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.