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) | ||
PUBLICATION
Bird Shop - Seven Dials was not published.
EXHIBITIONS
It was rarely exhibited. Impressions were shown by the New York print dealers H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1898 and 1903. 12
After Whistler's death, an impression was shown at the Grolier Club, again in New York, in 1904. John Charles Sigismund Day (1826-1908) lent one to the Whistler Memorial Exhibition in London in 1905. 13
After Whistler's death, an impression was shown at the Grolier Club, again in New York, in 1904. John Charles Sigismund Day (1826-1908) lent one to the Whistler Memorial Exhibition in London in 1905. 13
12: New York 1898 (cat. no. 178), New York 1903b (cat. no. 211).
13: New York 1904a (cat. no. 313), London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 289).
SALES & COLLECTORS
At first Whistler set the price at £8.8.0. On 29 June 1888 he sold an impression of 'Bird Shop' to the New York print dealers, H. Wunderlich & Co. for this price. 14 On 17 November 1888 he sold both 'Bird Shop' and 'Bird Cages' to the London art dealers Messrs Dowdeswell for £8.8.0 and £12.12.0 respectively. 15 A single 'Bird Shop' was also sold by the artist direct to John Postle Heseltine (1843-1929), again for £8.8.0 on 20 January 1889. 16
Single impressions of both 'Bird cages - Drury Lane' and ' Bird cages - Chelsea' were in stock at Wunderlich's, New York, in 1897; and finally, Wunderlich's recorded 'Bird Cages, Drury Lane' sold for only £5.5.0, by April 1900. 17
Single impressions of both 'Bird cages - Drury Lane' and ' Bird cages - Chelsea' were in stock at Wunderlich's, New York, in 1897; and finally, Wunderlich's recorded 'Bird Cages, Drury Lane' sold for only £5.5.0, by April 1900. 17
Early collectors included Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) (
, ) and Clarence Buckingham (1855-1913) (). Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought one from Obach & Co. in 1903 a few days before the artist's death (). Two were still in the artist's estate and were bequeathed by his sister-in-law Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) to the University of Glasgow, (, ) together with a later impression printed by Nathaniel Sparks (1880-1956) ().
, ) and Clarence Buckingham (1855-1913) (). Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought one from Obach & Co. in 1903 a few days before the artist's death (). Two were still in the artist's estate and were bequeathed by his sister-in-law Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) to the University of Glasgow, (, ) together with a later impression printed by Nathaniel Sparks (1880-1956) ().