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Greengrocer's Shop, Paris

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca
Accession no: 57.268
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Bequest of William P. Chapman, Jr., Class of 1895.  
Image credit:Photo © Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca  
Provenance:Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. William P. Chapman, Jr; bequeathed to Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1957.  

 

Paper size:147 x 252 mm  
Plate mark size:124 x 214 mm  
Other size:215 x 326 mm  
Note on size:2nd larger 233 x 349 card  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:darkened cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japan  
Note on the paper:very light weight tissue laid down on tissue that is itself laid down on card  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone, more at edges  
Note on foul biting:dots  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: 'J. J. GREUZE' [?]  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'4' possibly by Whistler, on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'wpc jr' recto  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4240105  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.