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Antony's Print Shop, Rue de Seine

Impression: Freer Gallery of Art
Freer Gallery of Art
(1906.133)
Number: 477
Date: 1894/1900
Medium: etching
Size: 152 x 192 mm
Signed: no
Inscribed: no
Set/Publication: no
No. of States: 1
Known impressions: 1
Catalogues: K.431; M.428
Impressions taken from this plate  (1)
Antony's print shop, Rue de Seine dates from between 1894 and 1900. It was first exhibited in Chicago in 1900 (Graphic with a link to impression #K4310102). 1

1: Chicago 1900 (cat. no. 271).

It is one of a group of copper plates bearing the stamp of 'C. SERVANT / PLANEUR / 45, B DES GDS AUGUSTINS' and dating from the 1890s.
Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932) thought Whistler had etchings of Paris started - but not finished - by 1897. He wrote to Whistler on 11 November 1897: 'It is time to finish the etchings of Paris now, so as to make some noise. Tell me what is going on, "busy" is somewhat vague.' 2 Whistler was too 'busy' to reply!

2: GUW #07292.

Other Paris shop-fronts and scenes etched during this period include Greengrocer's Shop, Paris [471], Newspaper-Stall, Rue de Seine [474], Confections pour Dames [475], Carpet Menders, Paris [480], Mme Pelletier, Blanchisserie, Paris [481], Marchand de Meubles, Rue du Four [482], Boulevard Poissonière, Paris [483] and Café Corazza, Paris [484].