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Rag Shop, St Martin's Lane |  Hunterian Art Gallery (54860) | |
| Number: | 328 | |
| Date: | 1887/1888 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 84 x 185 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 3 | |
| Catalogues: | K.282; M.277 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (3) | ||
PUBLICATION
It was never published.
EXHIBITIONS
Rag Shop, St Martin's Lane was rare and very rarely exhibited, being shown twice by the print dealers H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York, in 1898 (probably 
) and 1903. 8
After Whistler's death, an impression was exhibited in the comprehensive exhibition at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904. 9
) and 1903. 8
After Whistler's death, an impression was exhibited in the comprehensive exhibition at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904. 9
8: New York 1898 (cat. no. 208); New York 1903b (cat. no. 244).
9: New York 1904a (cat. no. 315).
SALES & COLLECTORS
Whistler sold one impression of 'St Martin's Lane (Rag[)]' to H. Wunderlich & Co. for £8.8.0 on 29 June 1888. 10 This may have been the impression acquired by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)
(), which was later sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), and finally bought through the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress.
), which was later sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), and finally bought through the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress.10: GUW #13052
Two impressions were in Whistler's studio at his death. One was sold by his executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) in 1903 (), and the other she bequeathed to the University of Glasgow in 1958 ().
), and the other she bequeathed to the University of Glasgow in 1958 ().