Merton Villa, Chelsea |  Freer Gallery of Art (1888.18) | |
| Number: | 381 | |
| Date: | 1888 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 153 x 230 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | 'to Trix - / Merton Villa / Chelsea' at lower left | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 2 | |
| Catalogues: | K.277; M.273 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (2) | ||
The copper plate has no maker's mark. It is close in size to several other plates including Rag Shop, Milman's Row, Chelsea 329, Lindsey Houses 161, Dordrecht 259 and Bird-Cages, Chelsea 297.
The plate was in Whistler's studio at his death. It was bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), who gave it to the University of Glasgow in 1935. It was cancelled posthumously with a diagonal line across the lower left corner.