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Bird-Cages, Chelsea

National Gallery of Australia
Accession no: 78.435
State: 1/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Charles C. Cunningham (1910-1979), Chicago. Acquired through Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara, CA, by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1978.  
Additional acq. no:111769  

 

Paper size:152 x 226 mm  
Plate mark size:150 x 226 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:light weight, 'antique' laid paper.  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:three indecipherable letters  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'W. JONES' on board above shop at right, and number '2' on window below; 'AMBER' on newspaper advertising board.  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'CCC' trefoil stamp on verso in brown ink (C.C. Cunningham).  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'6' on verso, lower right; '1978.435' on verso, at lower right.  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K2760105  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.