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The Barber's Shop, Chelsea

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.1857
State: 1/2

Collection credit:The Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Royal Collection, Windsor; sold to Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1906; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1906 (stock no. 42042); sold to Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago, 1906, for $180; bequeathed to his sisters; passed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938.  
Additional acq. no:14234 (R 5750 - old acq no)  

 

Paper size:166 x 242 mm  
Plate mark size:164 x 242 mm  
Note on size:.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Seven Provinces  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with light plate tone; five distinct vertical 'wiping' scratches visible in the lower portion of the image (below the pavement)  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:signs in window and door on left: 'HAIR CUTTING & SHAVING', 'CUT / 3', 'HAIR / CUT / 2', on newspaper placard: 'FRED CARLOS'  
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:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'VR' crowned, oval stamp (Royal Library, Windsor, Lugt 2535); 'C.B.' (C. L. Buckingham, Lugt 497)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 42042' above '41601' (crossed out) at lower left verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'10495 above XR/CY/-' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2710102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.