226The Fish Shop, VeniceFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.38 State: 1/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Listed by E. G. Kennedy (1910) as owned by G. W. Vanderbilt. Bought from H. Wunderlich & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 131 x 224 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 130 x 223 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Selectively wiped on water in the foreground and under the archway at right |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered flecks |
| Print note: | The shading of the passageway ceiling and walls is heavily inked |
| 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: | tab 57-79 mm from left, height 9mm; butterfly of 1880/1881 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The plate butterflies are on the shutter to the right of the window at left (faint) and approximately 30 mm below the faint signature (shaded) |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W188 Fruit Shop Venice - From Wunderlich + Co' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2180102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.