225Fruit StallScottish National Gallery , EdinburghAccession no: ENGLISH 886 State: 9/21 |  |
| Collection credit: | Scottish National Gallery |
| Image credit: | Scottish National Gallery |
| Provenance: | Printed by F. Salmon, Paris, for Messrs Dowdeswell and Thibaudeau, 1886. Ernest Stephen Lumsden (1883-1968); bought from Mrs E. S. Lumsden by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1949. |
| Additional acq. no: | P.1739 |
| Paper size: | 242 x 167 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 223 x 147 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japan |
| Note on the paper: | laid down on card |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light buff tone overall |
| Note on foul biting: | large area of soft grey texture and tiny dots under the table at right, extending down to the boats; distinct vice mark at the bottom. |
| Print note: | overall scratch marks, like 'Turkeys'. The doorway is quite soft and rich, in the shadows. A lot of movememnt in the figures 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | Not on sheet; 'Between Kennedy's 6th & Final states' written on mount board |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2000709 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.