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297

Bird-Cages, Chelsea

Private collection
Accession no: -
State: 1/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:  

 

Paper size:151 x 227 mm  
Plate mark size:  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light overall tone, with slight texturing at the bottom  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:delicate light drypoint in door shadows  

 

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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'No. 11' and '1st state'  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:no  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'a select impression'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project, owner's records  
ID:K2760109  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.