225Fruit StallBritish MuseumAccession no: 1887-10-10-68 State: 20/21 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Printed by Whistler for Messrs Dowdeswell, London, for publication, 1886; given by Messrs Dowdeswell and Thibaudeau to the British Museum, London, 1887. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA52111 |
| Paper size: | 232 x 147 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 225 x 147 mm |
| Note on size: | big tab, 31-49mm from left |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | n/a |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone overall with more tone, delicateky wiped both vertically and horizontally, at the bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | small dots and flecks, oatmealy texture; vice marks at bottom centre |
| Print note: | a lot of vertical scratches, like rain; a slightly paler, cleaner area all down the left side; very fine drypoint lines, without burr;a restrained impression, rich brown in the door. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly of 1885/1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2000613 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.