T. A. Nash's Greengrocer's Shop |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46622) | |
| Number: | 298 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 178 x 126 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 5 | |
| Known impressions: | 10 | |
| Catalogues: | K.263; M.260; W.215 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (10) | ||
KEYWORD
awning, children, fruit, shop, still-life, street, woman standing.
TITLE
There are several minor variations on the title, by Whistler and later cataloguers, as follows:
'T. A. NASH' (1887, Whistler). 2
'Greengrocers "Nash"' (1887/1888, Whistler). 3
'Nash's Fruit Shop, Chelsea' (1889, Exposition Universelle). 4
'Nash Fruit Shop' (1890/1891, Whistler). 5
'T. A. Nash' (1899, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)). 6
'Nash's Fruit Shop' (1909, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)). 7
'T. A. Nash’s Fruit-Shop' (1910, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 8
'Nash's Fruit Shop. Chelsea' (1903/1935, possibly Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958)). 9
'T. A. Nash's Greengrocer's Shop' combines Whistler's original titles with later cataloguers' versions of the title.
'T. A. NASH' (1887, Whistler). 2
'Greengrocers "Nash"' (1887/1888, Whistler). 3
'Nash's Fruit Shop, Chelsea' (1889, Exposition Universelle). 4
'Nash Fruit Shop' (1890/1891, Whistler). 5
'T. A. Nash' (1899, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)). 6
'Nash's Fruit Shop' (1909, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)). 7
'T. A. Nash’s Fruit-Shop' (1910, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 8
'Nash's Fruit Shop. Chelsea' (1903/1935, possibly Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958)). 9
'T. A. Nash's Greengrocer's Shop' combines Whistler's original titles with later cataloguers' versions of the title.
2: Etched on plate.
3: List, [1887/1888], GUW #13233.
4: Paris Exp. Univ. 1889 (cat. no. 419).
5: List, [1890/1891], GUW #13236.
6: Wedmore 1899[more] (cat. no. 215).
7: Mansfield 1909[more] (cat. no. 260).
8: Kennedy 1910[more] (cat. no. 263).
9: Envelope containing copper plate, Hunterian Art Gallery.
DESCRIPTION
An awning stretches across the open front of a shop, shading wares on a counter at the right, in front of which stand several children. Beyond the counter is a woman, looking out, and by a similar counter at the left stand two children, one of whom wears a hat. Between the counters is a blank space. On the awning is written 'T. A. NASH.'
SITE
T. A. Nash's greengrocer's shop was at 6 College Street in Chelsea, London. It was one of a series of Chelsea shops etched by Whistler.