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Rag Shop, Milman's Row, Chelsea |  Hunterian Art Gallery (54876) | |
| Number: | 329 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 153 x 229 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper right | |
| Inscribed: | illegible inscription at lower left | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 4 | |
| Known impressions: | 12 | |
| Catalogues: | K.272; M.267 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (12) | ||
Rag Shop, Milman's Row, Chelsea dates from 1887. The butterfly signature is consistent with this date.
This may have been the 'Rag Shop' of which Whistler printed three impressions on 4 September 1887. 1 The first sale of what Whistler called 'The Rag shop / Chelsea', which may have been this etching, was on 5 October 1887. 2
The first certain references to this etching, under the title 'Milman's Row (large)', were in sales to Wunderlich & Co., New York, and Messrs Dowdeswell, London, in 1888. 3
This may have been the 'Rag Shop' of which Whistler printed three impressions on 4 September 1887. 1 The first sale of what Whistler called 'The Rag shop / Chelsea', which may have been this etching, was on 5 October 1887. 2
The first certain references to this etching, under the title 'Milman's Row (large)', were in sales to Wunderlich & Co., New York, and Messrs Dowdeswell, London, in 1888. 3