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After the Sale, Clothes Exchange, Houndsditch | ||
Number: | 357 | |
Date: | 1887 | |
Medium: | etching | |
Size: | 127 x 177 mm | |
Signed: | butterfly at left | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | no | |
No. of States: | 1 | |
Known impressions: | 5 | |
Catalogues: | K.294; M.289 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (5) |
TECHNIQUE
The plate was executed in pure etching.
PRINTING
Only a few impressions of After the Sale, Clothes Exchange, Houndsditch were printed. Most impressions are in black ink and one () in brown. Most are on laid paper, including sheets with a partial 'PRO PATRIA' watermark (, ), ivory laid paper with a crown watermark (), and buff laid paper with a coat of arms watermark (). All are trimmed to the platemark and signed by Whistler with a butterfly on the tab and 'imp.' to show that he had printed them.