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Furniture Shop

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 002.2008
State: 1/2

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance:Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. Charles Pendexter. Bought from Susan Schulman, New York, by Paula and Peter Lunder, 2007; given to Colby College, Maine, 2007.  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:96 x 163 mm  
Note on size:dealer's records  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown ink  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:There is a fingerprint in the ink at the lower right corner of the sheet, on the recto.  

 

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 dating from 1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HHB' stamp (H. H. Benedict, Lugt 2936)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:WEP  
ID:K2660001  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.