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Clothes-Exchange, Houndsditch, No. 2 |  Art Institute of Chicago (1917.484) | |
| Number: | 359 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 229 x 153 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 3 | |
| Known impressions: | 4 | |
| Catalogues: | K.288; M.283 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (4) | ||
Clothes-Exchange, Houndsditch, No. 2 probably dates from 1887. The butterfly signature is consistent with this date. It is closely related to Clothes-Exchange, Houndsditch. No. 1
[358].
The Newcastle Leader reported on 17 August 1887 'Mr Whistler ... was seen the other morning in the Minories sketching the picturesque corners of "Cloth Fair".' 1
Clothes-Exchange, Houndsditch, No. 2 was first recorded as sold on 29 June 1888 to H. Wunderlich & Co. 2
Clothes-Exchange, Houndsditch, No. 2 was first recorded as sold on 29 June 1888 to H. Wunderlich & Co. 2
1: Newcastle Leader, 17 August 1887 (GUL PC9/1).
2: Whistler to Wunderlich's, GUW #13052.