Melon-Shop, Houndsditch
1888Etching and drypoint on laid paper
K.293 (3/3)
The Whistler Estate, presented by Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1935
Hunterian Art Gallery, GLAHA 46630
In 1887-1888 Whistler worked in London's East End on a series of etchings, which were printed in small editions of ten or twelve. Whistler was attracted to Houndsditch with its small shops and busy markets. This is a very sympathetic image of beauty in the back streets. The etching may date from the summer of 1888 (the first recorded sale was for £10.10.0 to Wunderlich's on 29 June 1888). 1.
1. Letter to Wunderlich and Co., GUW 13052.