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Rag Shop, Milman's Row, Chelsea

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46626
State: 2/4

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Gift, 1935  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; given by her to the University of Glasgow, 1935.  

 

Paper size:153 x 228 mm  
Plate mark size:150 x 228 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:The paper colour is almost buff  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:foolscap, seven-pointed collar  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light even plate tone, slightly darker along the platemark edges, in particular at left and right  
Note on foul biting:pitting on figures, rags, building  
Print note:the left child has been added after the steps were drawn, some of the erased lines are partly still visible. Traces of lines from a figure left of door on the right.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:in mirrored script above tab: '26 M[illegible] Str[eet?] lib / Co [illegible]'  
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:47 mm from left margin, tab 3 x 10 mm; pencil butterfly on tab  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'RBP' in form of trefoil in circle (Rosalind Birnie Philip, variation on Lugt 405) on verso.  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2720102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.