Nut Shop, St James's Place, Houndsditch |  Art Institute of Chicago (1917.486) | |
| Number: | 356 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 128 x 178 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left and (faint) at lower right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 5 | |
| Catalogues: | K.291; M.285 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (5) | ||
PUBLICATION
It was not published. However, it forms one of Whistler's unpublished but clearly defined 'Houndsditch Set'.
EXHIBITIONS
It was rare, and rarely exhibited. Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) lent a second state to the exhibition organised by the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900 (
). 13 Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression of the first state after the 1903 exhibition at H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (). 14
After Whistler's death, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) lent his first state impression to two Whistler Memorial Exhibitions, one in Boston in 1904, and one in London in 1905 (). 15
). 13 Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression of the first state after the 1903 exhibition at H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (). 14 After Whistler's death, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) lent his first state impression to two Whistler Memorial Exhibitions, one in Boston in 1904, and one in London in 1905 (
). 15 13: Chicago 1900 (cat. no. 307); see REFERENCES: EXHIBITIONS.
14: New York 1903b (cat. no. 218).
15: Boston 1904 (cat. no. 209); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 301).
SALES & COLLECTORS
Whistler recorded the sale of an impression of 'Nut Shop (Houndsditch)' on 29 June 1888 to the New York firm of H. Wunderlich & Co. for £12.12.0. They recorded another sale at half that price, £6.6.0, in a sales account in 1899: the disparity in price is not explained. 16 Early collectors included Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) () and Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) ().
In 1903 Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) inherited an impression from Whistler, which she gave to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), in 1904 (), to go with the first state he had bought from Wunderlich's in the previous years (); this was very generous since she did not keep an impression for herself.
) and Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) ().In 1903 Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) inherited an impression from Whistler, which she gave to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), in 1904 (
), to go with the first state he had bought from Wunderlich's in the previous years (); this was very generous since she did not keep an impression for herself.