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La Marchande de Moutarde

Impression: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
(1943.3.8410)
Number: 20
Date: 1858
Medium: etching
Size: 157 x 90 mm
Signed: 'Whistler' at lower left
Inscribed: 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171.' (2-3); crossed out (4); removed (5)
Set/Publication: 'French Set', 1858
No. of States: 5
Known impressions: 75
Catalogues: K.22; M.22; T.11; W.16
Impressions taken from this plate  (75)
Five states are known before cancellation.

State 1

Etching: K0220102
Signed 'Whistler' on the paving stones at lower left.
The composition is complete.
The shelf bracket above the girl's head is shaded with left to right diagonals (\\\); the table top is only partly shaded.

State 2

Etching: K0220312
Inscribed 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171. (the 't' in 'St' raised) at lower left.
Fine vertical shading is added to the shelf bracket above the girl's head; two additional parallel lines complete the shading of the table top; slight left-right diagonal drypoint lines are added on the floor below the women.
Published in the 'French Set' in this and the following state.

State 3

Etching: K0220302
Fine cross-hatching is added to the area above the pots on the shelf; very fine vertical shading is added to the beam below the arch.
Published in the 'French Set' in this and the previous state.

State 4

Etching: K0220403
A line or deep scratch obscures Delātre's name and address.
The fine verticals on the shelf bracket and the foremost parallel lines on the table top are faint on most impressions.

State 5

Etching: K0220503
Delātre's name and address are removed.
The tips of the plate corners are rounded.
Published in English Etchings in this state.

State 5 (cancelled)

Etching: K0220601
The plate is cancelled with two punched-out circles.