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Price's Candle Factory |  Freer Gallery of Art (1891.14) | |
| Number: | 166 | |
| Date: | 1876/1877 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 153 x 229 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower right (6-8); replaced with new butterfly (9-final) | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 13 | |
| Known impressions: | 19 | |
| Catalogues: | K.154; M.151; W.124 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (19) | ||
CATALOGUES RAISONNÉS
- Kennedy, Edward G., The Etched Work of Whistler, New York, 1910 (cat. no. 154) 'Price's Candle-Works'.
- Mansfield, Howard, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Chicago, 1909 (cat. no. 151) 'Price's Candle-Factory'.
- Wedmore, Sir Frederick, Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue, London, 1886 (cat. no. 124) 'Price's Candle-Works'.
EXHIBITIONS 1855-1905
- Exhibition of Etchings, Drypoints. and Lithographs by Whistler, H. Wunderlich and Co., New York, 1898 (cat. no. 107) 'Price's Candle-Works'.
- An Exhibition of Etchings and Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, The Caxton Club, 1900 (cat. no. 112) 'Price's Candle-Works'.
- Exhibition of Etchings by James McNeill Whistler, Obach and Co., London, 1903 (cat. no. 102) 'Price's Candle-Works'.
- A Collection of Etchings and Dry Points by Whistler recently acquired, H. Wunderlich and Co., New York, 1903 (cat. nos. 92a, b, 1st and 2nd State).
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Copley Hall, Boston, February 1904 (cat. no. 95) 'Price's Candle-Works'.
- Etchings and Dry-Points by James McNeill Whistler, The Grolier Club, New York, 1904 (cat. no. 128) 'Price's Candle-Works'.
- Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 124) 'Price's Candle-Works'.
- Oeuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'École des Beaux-Art, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 343) as 'La Fabrique de bougies Price'.
REVIEWS 1855- 1905
- None.
GENERAL 1906- PRESENT
- Lochnan, Katharine A., The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1984 , pp. 173, 174, 280 (no. 155).
- Price's Candles Website: 'A HISTORY OF PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY' at http://www.prices-candles.co.uk (accessed 2009).