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Melon Shop, Houndsditch

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession 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.