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Clothes-Exchange, Houndsditch, No. 2

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 2013.330
State: 1/3

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance:John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911), Chicago. C. G. Boerner, New York; bought by Peter Lunder, 11 October 2001; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007.  
Additional acq. no:011.2002  

 

Paper size:225 x 151 mm  
Plate mark size:225 x 151 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:overall tone, heavier top and bottom  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:warm black ink  

 

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:buttefly on verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'1st proof' on verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tiny pencil butterfly of 1887/1888; 23-33 from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:Wrenn (Lugt 1475]  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Clothes Exchange No. 2. The first proof - See Whistler's writing in corner.' '9.' '120 [?]'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2880104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.