355Melon Shop, HoundsditchFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1892.14 State: 3/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (Wunderlich receipt, 9 August 1892), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1892; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 127 x 177 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 127 x 177 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | some tone along the plate mark |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks and traces of acid droplets among the shading within the doorway at right |
| Print note: | A very fine and subtle impression, the shadows atmospheric and the line expressive. |
| 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 |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 24-32 mm from left, height 2 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 22326' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W28l / Second State / Melon Shop undescribed' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer; 'nw-' at lower right on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2930202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.