329Rag Shop, Milman's Row, ChelseaFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.160 State: 4/4 |
Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
Provenance: | Bought from Obach & Co. (Obach receipt, 11 July 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
Paper size: | 151 x 228 mm |
Plate mark size: | 151 x 228 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | buff |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | The paper colour appears to be cream discoloured to buff |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | illegible |
Medium: | etching [and drypoint?] |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | Pale, even tone, darker at left |
Note on foul biting: | Scattered flecks; a large area of horizontal bands of foul biting on the door at centre |
Print note: |
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: | tab 44-53 mm from left, height 2mm |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W.291 Rag Shop, Milmans Row' at lower right on the verso by C.L. Freer |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K2720203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.