384Bird Shop - Seven DialsNational Gallery of AustraliaAccession no: 78.432 State: 1/1 |
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| Image credit: | |
| 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. Otto Gerstenberg (1848-1935), Berlin. 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: | 111763 |
| Paper size: | 136 x 97 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 134 x 97 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: | crowned shield (upper section) |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
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| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| 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: | stamp of female figure standing above initials 'O.G' in brown ink on verso, at lower left (Otto Gerstenberg, Lugt 2785); 'CCC' trefoil stamp on verso in brown ink (C.C. Cunningham). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'K281' on verso, at lower left; at lower right, '1978.432'; '45' on verso, at lower right. |
| Source of information: | Museum records |
| ID: | K2810108 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.