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Bird Shop - Seven Dials |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46898) | |
| Number: | 384 | |
| Date: | 1888 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 135 x 98 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 8 | |
| Catalogues: | K.281; M.276 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (8) | ||
Bird Shop - Seven Dials probably dates from 1888. The butterfly signature is consistent with this date. It was first recorded as sold in June 1888. 1
The copper plate is close in size to many of Whistler's plates including townscapes, mostly drawn on the continent (The Market, Bruges [354], Place Daumont, Tours [390], Petite Rue au Beurre, Brussels [341], The Hangman's House, Tours [393] and Château Touraine [410]) that date from 1887 and 1888.
The copper plate is close in size to many of Whistler's plates including townscapes, mostly drawn on the continent (The Market, Bruges [354], Place Daumont, Tours [390], Petite Rue au Beurre, Brussels [341], The Hangman's House, Tours [393] and Château Touraine [410]) that date from 1887 and 1888.
1: Whistler to Wunderlich's, 29 June 1888, GUW #13052.