Rag-Shop, Milman's Row
1887Etching and drypoint on laid paper (watermark, foolscap)
K.272 (1/2)
The Whistler Estate, presented by Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1935.
Hunterian Art Gallery, GLAHA 46626
Whistler, with a studio in the Fulham Road and house at The Vale, Chelsea, drew and painted the local shops. This second-hand shop displays garments shaped by former owners, a striped blanket, a carpet on a peg. Whistler drew with expressive, broken lines, dots and patches of shading. He printed a small edition - about twelve - and sold each for £10.10.0 (which could have bought everything in the shop).