329Rag Shop, Milman's Row, ChelseaLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 272 State: 3/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1949 |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Bought by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Pennell Fund. |
| Paper size: | 151 x 226 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 151 x 226 mm |
| 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: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale, relatively even |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | warm black ink; evidence of burnishing at left of cloth over window at left, and above ant to right of tilt-top table at right; this is the impression of the first state illustrated by Kennedy |
| 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 1' at lower right verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | at 172 to 182 mm; h 2 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HW' stamp (H.G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a); 'HM' stamp (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342) on verso. |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2720103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.