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Butcher's Shop, Sandwich, Kent

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1903.27
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:67 x 98 mm  
Plate mark size:67 x 98 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:the sheet was removed from a book; with discolouration along the right sheet edge  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with considerable tone over the left half of the plate and lighter tone along the bottom edge; some picking at lower left  
Note on foul biting:Scattered flecks, more concentrated at lower right  
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:butterfly 'imp.' at lower right on the verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W273' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer; 'Butchers Shop / Sandwich' at upper right on the verso and '130' at lower centre on the verso.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3080103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.