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Rag Shop, St Martin's Lane

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 282
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1949  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 1503); 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 with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:82 x 182 mm  
Plate mark size:82 x 182 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  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light, darker at left and along edges  
Note on foul biting:light flecks  
Print note:This is the impression illustrated by Kennedy  

 

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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'No 17' (by JMW?)  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:a tiny pencil butterfly; at 17 to 27 mm; h 2 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HM' stamp and 'HM' in graphite (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342); 'HW' stamp (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a) all on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 1503' at lower left verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'First Impr.' at lower right verso; 'St Martin's Lane / Rag Shop' at lower centre verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2820104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.